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title: "URGENT: UK court blocks Niger Delta pollution claims against Shell"
description: "A British court ruled in favour of Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell on Thursday in a case brought by more than 40,000 Niger Delta residents over spills in the region."
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# URGENT: UK court blocks Niger Delta pollution claims against Shell

> A British court ruled in favour of Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell on Thursday in a case brought by more than 40,000 Niger Delta residents over spills in the region.

By AFP · Published 26 January 2017, 16:30 SAST

## Content

The court agreed with the multinational's argument that the high-profile case should be heard in Nigeria, while the claimants had argued they could only get justice in British courts. DM