Neil Blake

Apr 17, 2024 | mondaq.com | Neil Blake |Maura McIntosh |Ben Gordon

The High Court has determined questions of case management and disclosure following on from its previous ruling (considered here) that group claims against Shell Plc and its Nigerian subsidiary relating to oil contamination in the Niger Delta must proceed as "global claims", in light of the claimants' failure to identify the particular spills said to have caused each claimant's loss: Alame v Shell Plc [2024] EWHC 510 (KB).

Jan 31, 2024 | mondaq.com | Neil Blake |Maura McIntosh |Ben Gordon

The High Court has refused to strike out a group action brought against Shell Plc and its Nigerian subsidiary in connection with oil contamination in the Niger Delta. The court rejected the defendants' argument that the claims should be struck out due to a failure to identify the particular oil spills alleged to have caused each claimant's loss.

Oct 19, 2023 | herbertsmithfreehills.com | Benjamin Rubinstein |Mark Smyth |Neil Blake |Silke Goldberg

Insight Climate change-related disputes continue to grow in terms of the different types of claims and the different common law and civil law jurisdictions around the world where such litigation has been brought. In this first piece of our climate change disputes series, we start by giving the public law perspective in the UK, as this is the area where the majority of climate disputes in the country have been focused to date.

Jul 5, 2023 | lexology.com | Antonia Kirkby |Mark Bardell |Neil Blake

Click here to listen to the audio. Shareholder activism continues to grow in the UK, Europe and globally, and any company could become the focus of an activist – or active shareholder.

May 28, 2023 | mondaq.com | Neil Blake |Maura McIntosh

A recent Supreme Court decision has confirmed the orthodox position in relation to how the law of limitation applies to claims in private nuisance, in particular as to when there will be a "continuing nuisance" such that the limitation period starts afresh from day to day. This has significant implications for environmental claims which are framed in private nuisance and based on a one-off escape of a polluting substance: Jalla v Shell International Trading and Shipping Co Ltd [2023] UKSC 16.