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Alame and others v Shell plc and Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited (formerly SPDC)

Authority
High Court of England and Wales
Case number
KB-2022-005017, KB-2023-000252 and related claims, [2025] EWHC 1539 (KB)S9
Filed or opened
Not published
Organization
Shell plc
Current stage
Preliminary issues decided, full trial pending
Outcome
Pending. Full trial expected in 2027S4

Decisions and steps

  1. Supreme Court allows the appeal in Okpabi v Royal Dutch Shell, [2021] UKSC 3S7S8
  2. Preliminary issues judgment by Mrs Justice MayS9

Claims this case bears on

Sources

  1. S7Tier A Okpabi and others (Appellants) v Royal Dutch Shell Plc and another (Respondents)The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. Court judgment. 12 February 2021.Case page giving the parties, the judgment date and the citation [2021] UKSC 3.Link working, checked 25 October 2026
  2. S8Tier A Press Summary: Okpabi and others (Appellants) v Royal Dutch Shell Plc and another (Respondents) [2021] UKSC 3The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. Court judgment. 12 February 2021.Official press summary. The Court allowed the appeal and held the Court of Appeal majority wrong to find no real issue to be tried. It decides jurisdiction, not liability.Link working, checked 25 October 2026
  3. S9Tier A Alame & Ors v Shell PLC & AnorHigh Court of Justice, King's Bench Division (The National Archives Find Case Law). Court judgment. 20 June 2025.Judgment of Mrs Justice May, [2025] EWHC 1539 (KB), on 24 preliminary issues ahead of the main trial. The second defendant is named as Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited, formerly SPDC. It does not decide liability for any spill.Link working, checked 25 October 2026
  4. S4Tier D High Court trial finds Shell plc and former Nigerian subsidiary can be held legally responsible for legacy oil pollution in NigeriaLeigh Day. Company statement. 20 June 2025.Statement by the claimants' law firm on the preliminary issues ruling and the 2027 trial. It is a party account. The judgment itself is S9.Link working, checked 25 October 2026