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Shell to resume Nigera delta oil spill compensation talks
2013-06-19 18:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Oil company Shell will resume talks next week in London with lawyers representing 15,000 of the poorest people in the world who are claiming millions of pounds' compensation for oil spills on the Niger delta. But Martyn Day, of Leigh Day law firm which is acting for the communities, said the case could still go to a full high court trial in London in 2014. The Shell petroleum development company of Nigeria (SPDC) has admitted liability for two spills from a pipeline in the Niger delta in 2008, but...
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