Nigeria: Oil Spillage – Two Nigerian Communities Secure Major Legal Victory Against Shell in UK

The Court of Appeal decision cleared the way for the case presented by the Bile and Ogale communities of Rivers State to proceed to a full trial, which will likely involve the disclosure of crucial internal Shell documents.

Two Nigerian communities in the oil-rich Niger Delta have secured a pivotal legal victory against Shell’s Nigerian subsidiary, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), in the Court of App Court of Appeal, as reported by Leigh Day.

The communities, Bille and Ogale, both in