Cause of Action, Civil Law and Tort

Smith v Fonterra: A Common Law Climate Litigation Breakthrough

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

A civil law breakthrough came in 2021, with the ruling of a Dutch court against Shell. In Smith v Fonterra , decided by New Zealand’s Supreme Court this week, we have perhaps the biggest common law breakthrough. As this open-ended definition suggests, public nuisance is a slippery tort.

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Litigation Litigating Laws Tort

UK Supreme Court in Jalla v Shell: the claim in Bonga spill is time barred

Conflict of Laws

MAY 18, 2023

The UK Supreme Court ruled that the cause of action in the aftermath of the 2011 Bonga offshore oil spill accrued at the moment when the oil reached the shore. They rule that the cause of action had accrued at the moment when the spilled oil had reached the shore. This was a one-off event and not a continuing nuisance.

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Smith v Fonterra: A Common Law Climate Litigation Breakthrough

UK Supreme Court in Jalla v Shell: the claim in Bonga spill is time barred

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