15,000 or more claimants and claims on behalf of children, sought damages at common law and statutory compensation under the law of Nigeria in relation to oil spills from pipelines said to have been caused by Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria in the Niger Delta and said to affect people living in or with connections to neighbouring areas known as Bodo and Gokana.
Akenhead J
[2014] EWHC 1973 (TCC)
Bailii
Citing:
Cited – Autologic Holdings Plc and others v Commissioners of Inland Revenue HL 28-Jul-2005
Taxpayer companies challenged the way that the revenue restricted claims for group Corporation Tax relief for subsidiary companies in Europe. The issue was awaiting a decision of the European Court. The Revenue said that the claims now being made by . .
Cited by:
Principal judgment – The Bodo Community and Others v Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd TCC 4-Jul-2014
Subsidiary judgment identifying on which issues the parties had respectively won or lost so as to allow apportionment of costs. . .
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Personal Injury, Negligence
Updated: 16 December 2021; Ref: scu.533821
