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Alberta Court Declines to Extend Limitation Period for Contamination Claim

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Section 218 of Alberta's Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act, RSA 2000, c E-12 (EPEA) is not available to extend the limitation period for a party liable for remediation costs to make claims against other alleged...more

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Alberta Court of Appeal Considers Claim of Pure Economic Loss

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The Alberta Court of Appeal recently considered the latest Supreme Court of Canada decision on pure economic loss in a decision involving a proposed class action for damages related to a pipeline spill. In its decision, the...more

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Officers’ Responsibility for Ecological Disaster

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About seven years ago, one of the worst ecological disasters in Israel’s history occurred. During work to divert an oil pipeline, one of the old pipelines belonging to the government company Eilat Ashkelon Pipeline Co. Ltd....more

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Recent Developments in ESG-related Litigation in the English Courts

Recently, we have been closely following a number of ongoing and fresh lawsuits brought in the English courts involving some interesting Environmental Safety Group (ESG) related issues. We explore below two notable decisions,...more

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Court Denies Class Certification in Illinois Oil Spill Case

On October 5, 2021, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois denied the plaintiffs’ Motion for Class Certification in Morr v. Plains All American Pipeline, LLC 2021 WL 4478660 (S.D. Illinois,...more

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Deepwater Horizon ruling puts focus on prevention

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Last week’s decision by District Judge Carl Barbier exposes the UK-headquartered energy giant to up to $18bn in fines for the 2010 drillship incident because, under the same US laws that cover tanker spills, civil penalties...more

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