The suit is the first time the oil giant will be sued in its home country for ‘crimes’ committed abroad .
Oil giant, Shell, is to appear before Dutch Court, Thursday, in an unprecedented lawsuit from four Niger Delta villagers who accuse the company of polluting their farms.
The farmers seek unspecified claims for three spills between 2004 and 2007.
The case is set to last a day. Lawyers for both sides will present arguments before the judges retire to give their verdicts next year, news agency Reuters says.
If the case is successful, it would set a precedent, paving the way for thousands of other compensation claims from locals affected by years of oil operations.
The case was filed by the four farmers and the Dutch branch of environmental activist group, Friends of the Earth.
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