Ong, David --- "Litigation against multinational oil companies in their home state jurisdictions: An alternative legal response to pollution damage in foreign jurisdictions?" [2017] ELECD 1052; in Tan, Celine; Faundez, Julio (eds), "Natural Resources and Sustainable Development" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017) 278

Book Title: Natural Resources and Sustainable Development

Editor(s): Tan, Celine; Faundez, Julio

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781783478378

Section: Chapter 14

Section Title: Litigation against multinational oil companies in their home state jurisdictions: An alternative legal response to pollution damage in foreign jurisdictions?

Author(s): Ong, David

Number of pages: 20

Abstract/Description:

This chapter will examine a specific aspect within a range of continuing legal issues arising from the non-compliance of environmental protection standards by private transnational economic actors operating beyond the national jurisdiction from which they originate. The focus here is on litigation within the ‘home’ state jurisdictions of multinational oil companies for the alleged harmful effects of their activities conducted within ‘host’ state jurisdictions abroad. This ‘home’ state litigation against multinational companies on behalf of the victims of alleged pollution by these companies when they operate in the ‘host’ states of these victims will be examined in terms of their viability from both legal and practical perspectives. Key words: Multinational Oil Companies; Pollution Damage Claims; ‘Home’ State Jurisdiction; Alien Tort Statute; Brussels Regulation; Compensation