Shell wins Supreme Court fight with landowners over 2011 oil spill
- World
- DPA
- Published Date: 12:05 | 11 May 2023
- Modified Date: 12:05 | 11 May 2023
Supreme Court justices heard how there had been a six-hour leak from an oil field off the Nigerian coast in December 2011.
Nigerian landowners sued Shell and alleged that oil had migrated to the Atlantic shoreline where it had a "devastating impact."
A High Court judge had ruled that "nuisance alleged" could not "constitute a continuing nuisance."
Court of Appeal judges had dismissed an appeal and Supreme Court justices have rejected another appeal.
Five justices outlined their decision on the latest round of litigation in a ruling published on Wednesday after a Supreme Court hearing in London.
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