Today’s crucial #bizhumanrights @UKSupremeCourt hearing in @Shell v #Okpabi & others begins at 10:30am

Live feed here: https://www.supremecourt.uk/live/court-01.html

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Appeal is by Niger Delta communities, rep'd by @LeighDay_Law against #Shell & its Nigerian subsidiary for devastating #environmental damage from oil spills & pollution
Court of Appeal dismissed case at preliminary stage, finding it was not even arguable #Shell, as UK-based parent company, owed claimants duty of care
April 2019, UKSC clarified law on parent company liability in landmark #Vedanta judgment, holding parent company can be liable for commitments made publicly as to supervising/exercising control over subsidiary

For more on this key decision, see: https://bit.ly/317xMKX 
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