Oil spillage and pollution

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• OKONI V. NIGERIAN AGIP OIL CO. (NIG.) LTD (2013)→

  Court

  Court of Appeal (Port Harcourt Division)

  Judgment date

  23 March 2012

  A case summary of Okoni v. Nigerian Agip Oil Co. discussing jurisdiction issues in oil prospecting and the implications of the Rivers State Limitation Law.

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  • Continuing trespass→
  • Statute-barred claims→
  • Trespass to land→
  • ancillary jurisdiction→
  • constitution of nigeria 1999, section 251(1)(n)→
  • constitutional supremacy and legislative inconsistency→
  • federal high court (amendment) act, section 7(1)(n) and (3)→
  • federal high court exclusive jurisdiction→

• SHELL PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT CO. LTD. V. MAXON (2001)→

  Court

  Court of Appeal (Port Harcourt Division)

  Judgment date

  29 January 2001

  A comprehensive summary of the case Shell Petroleum Development Co. Ltd. v. Maxon, addressing the jurisdiction in oil spillage claims.

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  • Cause of action→
  • Negligence→
  • Res ipsa loquitur→
  • State High Court jurisdiction→
  • Statutory interpretation→
  • constitution (suspension and modification) decree no. 107 of 1993, section 230(1)(a)→
  • federal high court (amendment) decree no. 60 of 1991→
  • federal high court exclusive jurisdiction→