Milieudefensie/Shell climate case has now started. Judgment will be online, in Dutch, and with English summary later. #shellclimatecase To reiterate, claimants have instituted proceedings against Royal Dutch Shell (RDS), the Anglo-Dutch parent company of the Shell group, for failing to take sufficient measures to reduce emissions in Shell corporate group.

But now for the Negative Nancy part: the #Vedanta ruling is quite narrow and case-specific, and more importantly, the access to justice issues it highlights are only relevant if claimants pass the 'good, arguable case' test. The SC did not intervene in the factual assessment of the High Court and the Court of Appeal that there was a legitimate case to be tried against Vedanta, and assumed that there was.