Global Investigations Review
Dutch bar unfazed by justice minister’s “unusual” contact with Shell prosecutors
Dutch lawyers seem relaxed about recent revelations that the local justice minister and public prosecutors have been in frequent contact about a bribery investigation into Shell.
Lawyers question judge’s peculiar ruling in Shell privilege case
Legal experts in the Netherlands have said that a recent privilege ruling against Anglo-Dutch oil company Shell will likely not stand up in an appeals court.
Shell’s in-house lawyers not covered by privilege, court rules
A Rotterdam court has ruled that Shell’s in-house lawyers are insufficiently independent from the company and cannot claim legal privilege, in a decision connected to a Dutch investigation into alleged bribery by Shell in Nigeria.
Dutch prosecutors “showing real mettle” by preparing to charge Shell
Anti-corruption campaigners reacted positively to news that Dutch prosecutors are preparing to press criminal charges against Anglo-Dutch oil company Shell over a Nigerian oil field.