Practice: Pre-trial or post-judgment relief
12 February 2021 Practice – Pre-trial or post-judgment relief – Striking out The proceedings concerned two sets of proceedings, the Ogale proceedings and the Bille proceedings. In the Ogale proceedings, the claimant appellants were a Nigerian farming and fishing community of approximately 40,000 individuals. In the Bille proceedings, the claimant appellants were 2,335 individuals who lived in the Bille Kingdom, a remote riverine community in Nigeria. The claims alleged that numerous oil spills had occurred from oil pipelines and associated infrastructure operated in the vicinity of the ap...