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42 500 Nigerians farmers win the right to sue Shell in the UK

42 500 Nigerians farmers win the right to sue Shell in the UK

JULIA PAYNE and KIRSTIN RIDLEY The UK Supreme Court has allowed a group of 42,500 Nigerian farmers and fishermen to sue Royal Dutch Shell (RDS) in English courts after years of oil spills in the Niger Delta contaminated land and groundwater. Senior judges said there was an arguable case that UK-domiciled Shell, one of the world's biggest energy companies, is responsible, in the latest test of whether multinationals can be held to account for the acts of overseas subsidiaries. Represented by law firm Leigh Day, the group of Nigerians have argued that the parent company Shell owed them a duty…
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