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Australian Federal Court dismisses the novel duty of care previously found in Sharma: what does it mean for future climate litigation in Australia?

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2021 Federal Court Decision . In May 2021, the Court dismissed the application for an injunction. The decision was highly regarded as breaking legal grounds and representing a significant shift in climate litigation towards a duty for governments to care about climate harms (see here and here ).

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A call for the wider study of Private International Law in Africa: A Review of Private International Law In Nigeria

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Successive Nigerian governments across all tiers have made the attraction of foreign investments a cardinal part of their economic policies and have accordingly made deliberate efforts and committed abundant resources to attract foreign investments into Nigeria. [1]

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July 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Supreme Court denied fossil fuel companies’ petition for writ of certiorari seeking review of the Ninth Circuit’s decision reversing the district court’s 2018 denial of Oakland’s and San Francisco’s motions to remand their climate change nuisance cases to California state court. Living Rivers v. Hoffman , No.

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