caa a22 4500 388102810 CHVBK 20180307125327.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130s1999 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0021855300011311 doi S0021855300011311 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0021855300011311 Frynas Jedrzej George Legal Change in Africa: evidence from oil-related litigation in Nigeria [Elektronische Daten] [Jedrzej George Frynas] There has been a significant rise in litigation between oil companies and those affected by oil operations in Nigerian courts. In the period 1981-86, 24 compensation claims against Shell went to court in Nigeria. In early 1998, Shell was reportedly involved in over 500 pending court cases in Nigeria, out of which 70 per cent, or roughly 350 cases, dealt with oil spills, the other 30 per cent, or 150 cases, dealt mostly with other types of damage from oil operations, contracts, employment and taxation. In the whole of the 1980s, Chevron reportedly had only up to c. 50 court cases in Nigeria. In early 1998, Chevron was involved in over 200 cases, of which 80-90 per cent, or roughly 160-180 cases, dealt with oil spills, other types of damage from oil operations or land acquisition for oil operations. This substantial increase cannot be solely ascribed to expanding oil operations. There are various indications that an increase in the quantity of oil-related litigation was accompanied by legal change. In the 1990s, a number of high profile cases have been won by the local people in the oil-producing areas, notably Shell v. Farah, in which c. 4.6 million Naira (c. US$210,000 according to the official exchange rate) was awarded as damages to the plaintiffs. Copyright © School of Oriental and African Studies 1999 Journal of African Law Cambridge University Press 43/2(1999), 121-150 0021-8553 43:2<121 1999 43 JAL https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021855300011311 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021855300011311 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Frynas Jedrzej George NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of African Law Cambridge University Press 43/2(1999), 121-150 0021-8553 43:2<121 1999 43 JAL CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge