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• SHELL PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OF NIGERIA LIMITED V. G. (2005)→

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  Supreme Court of Nigeria

  Judgment date

  8 April 2005

  Case summary of Shell Petroleum Development Co. v. G.B.A. Tiebo VII concerning damages for crude oil spillage and jurisdictional issues in Nigeria law.

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