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Peter A Walker

Kenyan tea pickers' court bid against Scottish firm is halted

James Finlay, the Scottish tea company fighting a multi-million pound class action lawsuit, has won a court order to bring the case to a temporary halt.

The Aberdeen-registered company is being sued for damages by more than 1,000 former and current employees, who claim they suffered musculoskeletal injuries working on its tea farms in Kenya.

Lawyers for the workers said the court order was a "very desperate attempt" after coming together against the company in the Court of Session.

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