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Peter A Walker

Scottish firm ordered to halt Kenyan legal action tea picker case

James Finlay Kenya (JFK) is being ordered to stop taking legal action in Kenya to block a lawsuit in Scotland.

More than 1,000 former and current employees of the company are suing for damages at the Court of Session.

Last month the firm won a temporary injunction from a court in Nairobi, stopping workers from pursing the case, but the BBC reports that a Scottish judge has now ruled JFK should be told to halt action in Kenya to allow the lawsuit in Scotland to get back on track.

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