Global Investigations Review
Dutch bar unfazed by justice minister’s “unusual” contact with Shell prosecutors
By James Thomas: 18 February 2020
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
By James Thomas: 30 October 2019
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
By James Thomas: 25 October 2019
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.