By CITY & FINANCE REPORTER FOR THE DAILY MAIL: PUBLISHED: 21:51, 20 November 2016
A legal claim brought against Royal Dutch Shell for alleged environmental damage in Nigeria could open the floodgates to more multinational firms being pursued in UK courts.
Two communities are seeking £100m in compensation from the oil giant and its Nigerian subsidiary after suffering repeated oil spills.
A four-day hearing this week will decide whether the case against Shell should be heard in London, where the company is incorporated, or Nigeria. Lawyers representing the communities claim the Nigerian legal system is too uncertain to deliver justice.
Shell, which blames sabotage and theft for causing much of the damage, said: ‘Allegations concerning Nigerian plaintiffs in dispute with a Nigerian company, over issues which took place in Nigeria, should be heard in Nigeria.’
If the High Court rules the case can be heard in London, it could set a precedent for future legal battles being held in the UK.
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Royal Dutch Shell conspired directly with Hitler, financed the Nazi Party, was anti-Semitic and sold out its own Dutch Jewish employees to the Nazis. Shell had a close relationship with the Nazis during and after the reign of Sir Henri Deterding, an ardent Nazi, and the founder and decades long leader of the Royal Dutch Shell Group. His burial ceremony, which had all the trappings of a state funeral, was held at his private estate in Mecklenburg, Germany. The spectacle (photographs below) included a funeral procession led by a horse drawn funeral hearse with senior Nazis officials and senior Royal Dutch Shell directors in attendance, Nazi salutes at the graveside, swastika banners on display and wreaths and personal tributes from Adolf Hitler and Reichsmarschall, Hermann Goring. Deterding was an honored associate and supporter of Hitler and a personal friend of Goring.
Deterding was the guest of Hitler during a four day summit meeting at Berchtesgaden. Sir Henri and Hitler both had ambitions on Russian oil fields. Only an honored personal guest would be rewarded with a private four day meeting at Hitler’s mountain top retreat.
IN JULY 2007, MR BILL CAMPBELL (ABOVE, A RETIRED GROUP AUDITOR OF SHELL INTERNATIONAL SENT AN EMAIL TO EVERY UK MP AND MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS: 
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