Nigeria: Nigerian Communities Can Sue Shell for Oil Pollution, High Court Rules ...Middle East

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[allAfrica] The High Court has ruled that 13,000 Nigerian fishermen and farmers at the centre of a major oil pollution case against Shell can bring claims for breaches of their right to a clean environment under Nigerian constitutional law. If the case succeeds at trial, it will be the first time in legal history that a UK multinational will have been found to have breached a communities' right to a clean environment.

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