UK Supreme Court overturns Court of Appeal ruling, declares oil Polluted communities ‘can sue in English courts’ Royal Dutch Shell has lost its five-year legal battle on rights of impacted communities in the Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger Delta region to sue it in Court located in far away England over oil spills and pollution in Nigeria. The Supreme Court, the UK’s final appeal court for civil cases, ruled that the cases brought by the Bille community and the Ogale people of Ogoniland against Royal Dutch Shell were arguable and could…
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