Compendium of Oil and Gas Cases in Nigeria, Volume 4: Oil Spillage (English Edition)

This book is a compilation of judgments of the Superior Courts in Nigeria pertaining to cases on special damages arising from oil spill cases, assessment of compensation from oil spill based on expert opinion, jurisdiction of Courts in oil spill matters and a host of other issues touching on oil spillage in the Nigerian petroleum industry. The judgments reported pertain to the ascertainment of award of damages in relation to oil spills, assessment of compensation, effect of uncontroverted expert opinion cited for measuring damages, applicability of law of limitation, locus standi of tax payer to maintain an action for the common good, and interpretation of various terms and definitions under the relevant Acts and Statutes.