Nigerian villagers and a Dutch environmental group pleaded with a Hague court Thursday to hear their case against Royal Dutch Shell for allegedly polluting their land with oil that gushed from a broken pipeline. The case at The Hague Civil Court is unusual in that it seeks to hold the Dutch-based multinational responsible for environmental devastation allegedly caused in Nigeria by its Nigerian subsidiary.
December 04, 2009 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Nigerian villagers and a Dutch environmental group pleaded with a Hague court Thursday to hear their case against Royal Dutch Shell PLC for allegedly polluting their land with oil that gushed from a broken pipeline.
The case at The Hague Civil Court is unusual in that it seeks to hold the Dutch-based multinational responsible for environmental devastation allegedly caused in Nigeria by its Nigerian subsidiary.
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