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Widow of Bangladesh shipbreaker pursues test case on worker safety

Bangladesh shipbreaking

Dhaka, BangladeshThomson Reuters Foundation A Bangladeshi woman whose husband died dismantling an oil tanker in a local shipyard was given the green light this week to keep pursuing a claim for compensation from a UK company linked to the vessel in a test case for the shipbreaking industry. Britain’s Court of Appeal threw out a […]

Widow of Bangladeshi ship-breaking worker free to sue UK-based firm

Ship breaking Bangladesh

Dhaka, BangladeshThomson Reuters Foundation A Bangladeshi woman whose husband died while dismantling an oil tanker at a ship-breaking yard in 2018 can file a negligence claim against a British company involved in the vessel’s sale, London’s High Court ruled this week. Khalil Mollah, 32, fell to his death while working on a tanker called the […]