Case Law ECLI_NL_GHDHA_2015_3587 (18/12/2015)
Type: Judgment
Authority: National Courts Gerechtshof Den Haag
Date: 12/18/2015
Subject: The decision of the Gerechtshof Den Haag (Court of Appeal of the Hague) states that the competence of Dutch courts on claims lodged by Nigerian nationals against the Royal Dutch Shell company, in relation to the damages caused by the leaks of two oil wells and one underground oil pipeline between 2004 and 2007, also recalling the Brussels I Regulation and the jurisprudence of the Court of Justice
Parties: Vereniging Milieudefensie c. Royal Dutch Shell Plc., Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd. e Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd. c. Friday Alfred Akpan
Original language: Dutch
Classification: Solidarity - Art. 37 Environmental protection
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