On 15 and 16 January 2019, the UK Supreme Court will decide whether local people in Zambia can obtain compensation from a UK mining company, Vedanta Resources, for the pollution of local water sources by its Zambian subsidiary, Konkola Copper Mines. Vedanta Resources Plc and Another v Lungowe and others is brought by Leigh Day on behalf of over 1800 Zambian citizens who claim that it caused damages to their land and livelihoods.