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Oil company Trafigura's media lawyers at Carter- Ruck have been busy issuing libel claims defending the company against allegations relating to a major litigation that it settled two weeks ago.
The story will be familiar. It stems from the fallout of what was one of the largest pollution disasters in recent history - the dumping of 400 tonnes of toxic waste in the Ivory Coast by oil tanker Probo Koala.
A claim issued by Leigh Day & Co on behalf of 31,000 locals said that Trafigura should be held responsible because it hired the independent contractor that dumped the waste. The waste was alleged to have given off toxic fumes that caused varying degrees of illness.
The claim has always been denied by Trafigura. It has never conceded liability, not even in the settlement, the details of...