Richard Meeran is a Partner and Head of the International Department at Leigh Day. He was admitted as a Solicitor in England and Wales in 1988, and has practised in the field of multinational human rights litigation, representing victims, almost exclusively since 1994. During the 1990s, Richard pioneered the original cases based on parent company tort law duty of care. He has been a speaker at numerous international events on Business and Human Rights, including the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights, the open ended intergovernmental working group on a legally binding instrument, the UN Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights, the OECD, and UNICEF. He gave evidence to the Parliamentary Joint Select Committee on Human Rights, and was a member of the drafting team of The Hague Rules on Business and Human Rights Arbitration. He has published over 60 articles on multinational litigation.
This book contains a thorough review of multinational human rights litigation in various jurisdictions and is an invaluable guidebook to the laws, procedures and practical considerations in various legal systems when seeking to hold corporations accountable for their actions when business interests collide with the human rights of the local population. * Stephen D Sutton, The Law Society Gazette *