The claimants sought damages after widescale historic damage to areas of Nigeria by subsidiaries of the defendant. The defendant said that the court did not have jurisdiction to hear such a claim.
Held: The claimants had not established the existence of a duty of care in the respondent, and the case would be bound to fail.
Judges:
Sir Geoffrey Vos CH, Sales, Simon LJJ
Citations:
[2018] EWCA Civ 191, [2018] WLR(D) 92, [2018] Bus LR 1022
Links:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
At FTT – HRH Emere Godwin Bebe Okpabi and Others v Royal Dutch Shell Plc and Another TCC 26-Jan-2017
Claims for damages arising from failures in oil pipeline management in Nigeria. . .
Cited by:
Appeal from (CA) – Okpabi and Others v Royal Dutch Shell Plc and Another SC 12-Feb-2021
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Cited – Vedanta Resources Plc and Another v Lungowe and Others SC 10-Apr-2019
The claimants alleged negligence causing them personal injury and other losses arising from pollution from mining operations of the defendants in Zambia. The company denied jurisdiction. In the Court of Appeal the defendants’ appeals were dismissed. . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Environment, Torts – Other, Negligence
Updated: 30 January 2022; Ref: scu.605187
