High court backs negligence claim of Bangladeshi ship-breaker’s widow

Ruling may persuade shipping companies that scrapping vessels in the dangerous, unregulated yards of south Asia is a false economyA widow whose husband fell eight storeys to his death while breaking up a supertanker in Bangladesh can pursue a negligence claim against Maran (UK), a British company involved in the ship’s sale, according to a high court ruling.The judge in London ruled shipping firm Maran (UK) Ltd arguably had a duty of care towards Mohammed Kalil Mollah, 32, who died working on the Ekta, a 300,000-tonne vessel, that was being scrapped at a yard in Chittagong, now Chattogram, Bangladesh. The Guardian wrote about Mollah’s death earlier this year. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/jul/14/high-court-backs-negligence-claim-of-bangladeshi-ship-breakers-widow #employment #global_development #bangladesh #south_and_central_asia #uk_news #world_news