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Article

22 Mar 2012

Auteur:
Jane Croft, Financial Times

Shell faces claim over Niger delta spills

Lawyers representing 11,000 Nigerians will on Friday serve the details of a claim against Royal Dutch Shell at the High Court after negotiations about compensation for two oil spills in the Niger delta fell apart last week. The lawsuit against Shell relates to two oil spills in 2008, which caused damage to the Bodo community, a rural coastal settlement that consists of 49,000 people who live in 35 villages and are subsistence farmers and fishermen...negotiations broke down last week and Leigh Day has now recommenced its legal action and will on Friday serve its particulars of claim.

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UK lawyers representing 11,000 Nigerians recommence legal action against Shell over oil spill after settlement negotiations break down

Shell lawsuit (re oil spills & Bodo community in Nigeria)