A settlement agreement has this week brought to an end litigation commenced last year by claimants including Shell UK Limited against defendants including Greenpeace UK, Greenpeace International and individual Greenpeace activists. The litigation concerned a protest carried out by Greenpeace activists who boarded and occupied a heavy lift vessel and large structure (FPSO) in transit to the Penguins oilfield in the North Sea in protest against Shell’s contribution to climate change. The claim was primarily advanced in tort under English law with reference to Maltese law and Dutch law. The defendants denied liability and invoked Articles 10 and 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights. The settlement agreement involves Greenpeace making a significant donation to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.
Naomi Hart (together with Richard Lord KC of Brick Court Chambers, David Simpson of 3VB, Anna Hoffmann of 4 Pump Court and Joshua Jackson of Doughty Street Chambers) acted for the defendants.
