The litigation relates to a corruption case in which Shell was ordered to pay $48 million (£29.4m) in civil and criminal fines after its contractor (Panalpina Inc.) bribed Nigerian customs officials. It appears that Shell decided to try to make Robert Writt the fall guy for Shell’s involvement in the massive corruption scheme (targeting officials of a host country) by turning Writt in to the US federal authorities, in the belief that Shell was safe from legal retribution by him. The Appeals Court has decided otherwise.
By John Donovan
A Texas Appeals Court has reinstated a defamation action brought by a former Shell project manager, Robert Writt, against Shell Oil Co.
Shell had managed to have the case blocked on a legal technicality, but the Court of Appeals of the first District of Texas overturned the decision.
The case is:
NO.01-11-00201-CV ROBERT WRITT, Appellant
V.
SHELL OIL COMPANY AND SHELL INTERNATIONAL, E&P, INC., Appellees
I have provided access to a bundle of court documents running to 143 pages, which includes a judgement and opinion rendered on 25 June 2013. read more
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