Debevoise & Plimpton co-managing partner Lord Peter Goldsmith has secured a victory for Shell in the High Court as a judge barred 40,000 villagers from the Niger Delta from claims against the oil giant over decades of oil spills.
Mr Justice Fraser barred the claimants from redressing against the energy giant in the English courts, deciding Shell has no legal responsibility for its Nigerian subsidiary, the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria. The court decided the claim had no further prospect of success.
