The upcoming clash between UK human rights law firm Leigh Day and Maran Tankers in the High Court in London could open the flood gates to ship breaking-related compensation claims.

Leigh Day is representing the widow of Kahalil Mollah, who died in an accident while demolishing a Maran Tankers vessel, the 300,000-dwt Ekta (built 1995), in Chattogram, Bangladesh.

It is the second such claim brought by Leigh Day.