Details of some of the conditions Kenyan workers were facing emerged as prominent Scots legal figure Colin McEachran QC was approved as the representative party for the Kenyan workers in the class action. James Finlay, which supplies Tesco and Sainsbury’s, has previously stated in part of its defence to the claim that no decisions about the working environment in Kenya were taken in Scotland. Andrew Smith QC for Thompsons which has been assisting the Kenyan workers in the case said: "We say they were issuing medication to mask the pain. In some “extraordinarily” instances, they were expected to collect up to five stones (30kg) of tea in a day or not get paid. James Finlay had previously argued that any claims should be dealt with by the courts in Kenya, not the Court of Session in Scotland.

Source: The Herald February 18, 2022 08:22 UTC