Shell Rejects Liability for Nigerian Oil Spills

The oil giant Shell has rejected claims by Nigerain farmers that it should pay compensation to them for damaging farmland. The farmers are suing Shell in the civil courts in the Hague. However, Shell are claiming that most damage was caused by criminal damage and not by them. If successful other farmers may also sue Shell.

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