Wednesday 15 October 2014

COURT STOPS BRITISH LAWYER FROM REPRESENTING OIL SPILLAGE VICTIMS

A Bayelsa State High Court has restrained a British lawyer, Mr. Martyn Day, from representing 7,400 residents of Bodo Community of Rivers State in an oil spill compensation suit filed against the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria.

The court order was made pursuant to a motion ex parte filed by a Nigerian lawyer, Mr. Affinih Egbegi asking the court to stop Day from dealing with any of the 7,400 plaintiffs.

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