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Seeking Justice: The Rising Tide Of Court Cases Against Shell

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Both ENDS is co-plaintiff in the climate lawsuit brought by Milieudefensie (Friends of the Earth The Netherlands) in 2018 against Shell to stop the company from On 12 November 2024, The Hague Court of Appeal (“ CoA ”) handed down its highly anticipated judgment in the appeal of the Milieudefensie et al. vs. Royal Dutch Shell (“ Shell ”) case. The „Nearly 14,000 Nigerians take Shell to court over devastating impact of pollution“, 2 Feb 2023 Nearly 14,000 people from two Nigerian communities are seeking justice in the high

Shell in the dock over major oil spills in Nigeria - Platform

Big Oil in Court: In less than ten years the number of climate lawsuits against fossil fuel companies have nearly tripled. The protest group, Rising Tide, is calling for an end to new coal and gas approvals, and the imposition of a 78 per cent tax on coal and gas exports to fund the energy And even if Shell withdrew from the market, the court noted, other providers would fill the void. This ruling, however, left Shell’s responsibility for its own production largely

Shell’s lawyers added that, were the case to return to court, the claim could rise by as This is in addition much as $6.5mn if Texas-based Fluor decided to pursue Greenpeace for additional losses.

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After a decade-long fight for justice, the Preliminary Issues Trial of Nigerian Law for Shell vs Ogale and Bille communities is set to take place at the UK High Court from 13 In November 2024, the Dutch Appeals Court ruled against Milieudefensie and other climate non-governmental organisations (NGOs), quashing a landmark judgment from 2021 What makes you optimistic about the future of climate litigation? What makes me optimistic is that more and more courts are recognising that

Latest update: On 28 November 2022, Greenpeace Africa, Wild Coast communities, Sustaining the Wild Coast, All Rise, and Natural Justice, appeared in the

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The U.K. Court of Appeal rules in favor of two Nigerian communities in oil pollution case against Shell, overturning previous ruling that would have created a high burden on the Following a decade-long battle for justice, the Preliminary Issues Trial in the case of Shell vs. the Ogale and Bille communities in Ogoniland, representing a combined population

In an important landmark ruling, the Hague Court of Appeal overturned the 2021 District Court judgment in the climate case of Milieudefensie v Shell. Milieudefensie asked the

Dutch climate group launches new case against Shell

In Short The Ruling: On November 12, 2024, The Hague Court of Appeals overturned the landmark climate change litigation case that imposed a 45% CO2 reduction A Dutch appeals court on Tuesday dismissed a landmark 2021 ruling, ordering oil and gas giant Shell to accelerate carbon reduction efforts

Summary: On April 5th, 2019, the environmental group Milieudefensie/Friends of the Earth Netherlands and co-plaintiffs served Shell a court summons alleging Shell’s contributions to

Commentary : „Supreme Court Allows Appeal Against Shell and Nigerian Subsidiary“ Hausfeld’s commentary on the UK Supreme Court decision ruling that the Nigerian Britain’s Supreme Court heard an appeal on Tuesday from Nigerian farmers and fishermen seeking to pursue claims against oil major Royal Dutch Shell <RDSa.L> over

“We feel that the findings of the court of appeal [in the Shell case] give us a very strong basis to continue that case,” said van Oosterhout. The complaint against ING is

In the court summons, Friends of the Earth Netherlands outlines why it is bringing this groundbreaking climate litigation case against Shell,

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Shell is not obliged to dramatically reduce its planet-heating pollution by 2030, a Dutch appeals court ruled Tuesday, delivering a blow to efforts by environmental activists to

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The case builds on a growing body of precedent following the UK Supreme Court’s decision in Okpabi v Shell plc, which affirmed that parent companies can be held liable high Big Oil in The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has welcomed the award of N45.9 billion judgment delivered in favour of the Ogoni people, but voices in Ogoni

Nearly 14,000 people from two Nigerian communities are seeking justice in the high court in London against the fossil fuel giant Shell, claiming it is responsible for devastating pollution of Hier sollte eine Beschreibung angezeigt werden, diese Seite lässt dies jedoch nicht zu. The organization’s case against Shell’s board has been dismissed by UK courts. In its statement responding to the Court of Appeal ruling, Shell defended its corporate strategy,

Oil giant Shell has won a landmark case in the Dutch courts, overturning an earlier ruling requiring it to cut its carbon emissions by 45%. The Hague court of appeal UK Court said it A Dutch court on Tuesday dismissed a landmark climate ruling against Shell, after the oil giant was ordered to sharply reduce its emissions back in 2021.

The ______ movement of the late 19th century involved thousands of farmers seeking legislative protection against excessive freight rates charged by railroads and other businesses involved Like so many of us, the activists who occupied Shells’ platform all experience the climate crisis in different ways – from rising energy bills and flooding to heatwaves and

A UK Court of Appeal has refused to hear our historic lawsuit against Shell’s Board of Directors. Our case argued that the Board had breached its legal obligations by failing to properly Supreme Court to decide fate of Rising Tide’s harbour blockade. Organisers are seeking legal protection for a 50-hour flotilla blockade of the shipping channel, and a festival on Horseshoe This is in addition to the rising tide of court cases to hold governments to account. The responsibility for stopping the climate crisis is on

Today, on 12 November 2024, the Court of Appeal of The Hague ruled in appeal in the Dutch climate case between Friends of the Earth Netherlands (Milieudefensie) v. Shell Plc (Shell). Shell Plc won an appeal at a Dutch court overturning a historic 2021 ruling that ordered it to reduce its emissions faster than originally planned, in a significant setback to

Climate activist group Rising Tide has begun protests on Newcastle Harbour as part of a multi-day demonstration. Protesters took to the water as a large bulk carrier entered