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Shell wins legal case over Nigeria oil spill

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Britain's highest court ruled Wednesday it was too late for people in Nigeria's Niger delta region to lodge pollution claims against energy giant Shell after a huge oil spill more than one decade ago.

The Supreme Court said in a statement that its five judges"unanimously" rejected an appeal over the 2011 spill, upholding prior rulings that claims were not made before a legal deadline.

"The claimants' argument that there is a continuing nuisance, because on the assumed facts oil is still present on their land and has not been removed or cleaned up, is rejected," said judge Andrew Burrows. The London-listed energy major welcomed the judgement on Wednesday, but said the spill was"regrettable".

 

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