considered by the Fifth Circuit in Hagerty v. L & L Marine Servs., Inc., supra, 788 F.2d 315. In Hagerty, the plaintiff was employed as a tankerman on a barge being loaded with chemicals at a Union Carbide plant in Puerto Rico. Because of a defect in the barge or loading equipment, or both, Hagerty was completely drenched with dripolene, a carcinogenic chemical containing benzene, toluene, and xyolene. In a later mishap he was sprayed again with the same chemical. He experienced dizziness, leg cramps, and a stinging sensation in his extremities. He consulted several doctors and, at their suggestion, obtained periodic medical and laboratory tests to ensure early detection and treatment of cancer. Id. at 317. He sued his employer and Union Carbide Corporation seeking damages forthe subject of a compliance action by federal authorities for alleged illegal clearing of 30ha of native grasslands.

A brief recap: Taylor owns a shareholding in Jam Land via his family investment company Gufee, as does his brother Richard Taylor, who is a director of Jam Land. Taylor declared Gufee in his pecuniary interest register but not Jam Land, so to find out about Taylor’s interest requires company searches.

Last year Taylor’s shareholding became public when the Guardian revealed that in 2017 he had taken a particular interest in native grasslands laws that protect them because they are critically endangered. He was so concerned he asked Frydenberg for briefings from his bureaucrats.

Taylor insisted this had nothing to do with a compliance action launched a few weeks earlier on a Jam