Smith v Fonterra: A Common Law Climate Litigation Breakthrough
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
A civil law breakthrough came in 2021, with the ruling of a Dutch court against Shell. In Smith v Fonterra , decided by New Zealand’s Supreme Court this week, we have perhaps the biggest common law breakthrough. As this open-ended definition suggests, public nuisance is a slippery tort.
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