Ground-breaking court case of four Nigerian farmers against Shell nearing end

On 8 and 9 October, the appeal in the case of four Nigerian farmers and Milieudefensie [Friends of the Earth Netherlands] versus Shell will be heard in The Hague. In this final phase of the case which was started in 2008, the following questions are key: did Shell do enough to prevent spills from occurring and were the spills adequately cleaned up after they took place?