HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS EMERE GODWIN BEBE OKPABI AND OTHERS v ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC AND SHELL PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OF NIGERIA LTD

[2017] BLR 136

QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION(TECHNOLOGY AND CONSTRUCTION COURT)

Before Mr Justice Fraser

Foreign claimants – Pollution in the Niger Delta – Holding and operating companies sued – CPR 11(1)(a) and (b) – Duty of Care by holding company – Foreseeability, proximity and reasonableness – Applicable substantive law – Nigerian law – Regulation EC 864/2007 (Rome II) – Expert evidence – Permission to call expert evidence – The position of the claimant's solicitors – CFAs or equivalent available in Nigeria.