On March 10, 2021, the Court of Appeal of England and Wales found in the Begun v Maran case that the claim for damages brought by the widow of a shipbreaking worker killed while working on an oil tanker in a shipyard in Bangladesh against shipping company Maran was not bound to fail as Maran UK may had owed a duty of care to the deceased worker. Considering that most oil tankers are broken up in Bangladesh, this may have important consequences across the shipping industry.
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Proceedings against Shell for oil spills in Nigeria can go on says the UK Supreme Court
Hard times for Shell. On 12 February 2021, two weeks after the Court of Appeal of The Hague found Shell subsidiary and parent company liable for oil spills in Nigeria in a landmark ruling, the UK Supreme Court, in a much awaited ruling, confirmed that proceedings against the parent company could continue before UK courts for similar issues raised by Nigerian farming and fishing communities, as real issues were to be tried.
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