News and insights

2019

02 May
2019

Gabrielle Holly provides commentary on Manus Island class action and Australia as a forum for transnational human rights litigation.

Senior Associate Gabrielle Holly is participating in an online symposium for the Business and Human Rights Journal on business, human rights and extraterritoriality. In her most recent post she considers…
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30 Apr
2019

Omnia Strategy’s Gabrielle Holly contributes to first legal symposium in Vedanta.

Omnia Strategy’s Gabrielle Holly has contributed to the first legal symposium on the much anticipated decision of the UK Supreme Court in Vedanta Resources PLC and anor v Lungowe and ors…
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10 Apr
2019

Gabrielle Holly analyses the UK Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Vedanta Resources PLC and anor v Lungowe and ors.

This morning, the Supreme Court delivered its much anticipated judgment in Vedanta Resources PLC and anor v Lungowe and ors. In a unanimous decision, the court found that a claim brought…
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27 Mar
2019

Cherie Blair CBE, QC and Omnia’s Chair is panelist at World Law Forum Conference on Arbitration and Human Rights

Leaders League provides insight from the World Law Forum Conference on Arbitration of Business and Human Rights Disputes, which included Cherie Blair CBE QC and Lord Goldsmith PC QC as…
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05 Mar
2019

Solomon Ebere named Africa Arbitration Rising Star of the Month

Africa Arbitration (AA) is designed to project arbitration industry and jurisprudence in Africa. It was created to showcase some of the intelligent and experienced arbitration practitioners that Africa has to…
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01 Mar
2019

Cherie Blair CBE, QC talks sustainable and responsible investment at the Concordia Africa Initiative

Speaking at the inaugural Concordia Africa Initiative summit in London yesterday, Cherie Blair CBE, QC called on private and public actors to think about investment in Africa from a sustainability…
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28 Jan
2019

BIICL UNGPs in Legal Practice Roundtable – 29 January 2019

Gabrielle Holly will be a speaker at the fourth roundtable of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) in Legal Practice Roundtable series convened by the British…
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24 Jan
2019

Omnia Strategy Associate to give presentation to Bonavero Institute of Human Rights on 13 February 2019

Gabrielle Holly has been invited to speak at the Oxford University’s Bonavero Institute of Human Rights as part of a seminar series organised by the Oxford Business and Human Rights…
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16 Jan
2019

Omnia Represents ICJ and CORE In Significant Business & Human Rights Proceedings At The UK Supreme Court

Omnia is proud to have represented the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and the Corporate Responsibility Coalition (CORE) in UK Supreme Court proceedings that concluded today. Vedanta Resources Plc and…
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