Law: Proposal
Due diligence and remedy
United Kingdom
Commercial Organisations and Public Authorities Duty (Human Rights and Environment) Bill
Nov 28, 2023
In June 2021, the wives of two farmers, who died because of pesticides poisoning and a survivor of a severe case of poisoning submitted a civil lawsuit at the civil court of Basel. A specialist law firm in Basel (“Schadenanwaelte”) represents them in their claim for compensation based on product liability laws. Plaintiffs claim that they or their deceased husbands respectively have used Polo, a product developed and marketed by Syngenta. Its active ingredient (Diafenthiuron) allegedly came directly from Switzerland.
The case was filed at the court of first instance after a compulsory mediation procedure at the peace judge in Switzerland had ended without an agreement
The plaintiffs claim that the pesticide Polo is a defective product in accordance with the Swiss Product Liability Law as it cannot be used safely in the rural Indian context