ALAME AND OTHERS v SHELL PLC (FORMERLY KNOWN AS ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC) AND ANOTHER | SHELL PLC (FORMERLY KNOWN AS ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC) AND ANOTHER v ALAME AND OTHERS
[2025] BLR 118
COURT OF APPEAL(CIVIL DIVISION)
Before Lord Justice Bean,Lord Justice Males,Lord Justice Stuart-Smith
Group litigation – Amendment of pleadings – CPR rule 17.4 – Expiry of limitations periods – Whether new claims arose out of matters already in issue. – Group litigation – So-called “global claims” – Asymmetry of information – Case management – Lead claimants.