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More than 11,000 Nigerians from the oil-producing Niger Delta have filed a compensation claim against energy giant Shell at the London High Court. It is the latest step in a case that will test whether multinationals can be held to account for the actions of overseas subsidiaries.

The claims say oil spills resulting from Shell’s operations in the Niger Delta have endangered the lives of residents.

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The government has been told a £200million lawsuit is set to be launched by families of those who died 'without even being able to say goodbye' due to Tory blunders during the Covid pandemic

Leigh Day is representing 22 people who each have one or more family members who died, some in hospital but the majority in care homes.

The government and potential co-defendants have been alerted to the pending legal action

He was injured in an accident and needs the Esure payment for rehabilitation

A British law firm said on Tuesday it had brought a case against the world's most important accreditor of gold refineries for renewing a refiner's certification despite alleged human rights abuses at a mine supplying it with gold.

A class action lawsuit targeting mining giant Anglo American over alleged health problems caused by lead mines in central Zambia will hear who can participate in the case in November.