On Tuesday morning the Makhanda High Court issued an interim interdict preventing Shell from ‘undertaking seismic survey operations under Exploration Right 12/3/252 pending the finalisation of Part B of the notice of motion’. Johan Lorenzen, an associate with Richard Spoor Attorneys, reflec.
Judge Gerald Bloem sustained the argument from affected local communities that the oil giant had failed to consult and to refute their evidence that it would cause lasting harm to marine life
While Wild Coast residents and activists mark a ‘significant’ triumph after the high court ordered Shell to stop its seismic survey immediately, the judgment is likely to trigger a flood of lawsuits against the global fossil fuel industry.