{"id":2805,"date":"2025-02-25T05:16:15","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T03:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newparadigm.law\/the-environmental-defense-shell-ruling-in-perspective-how-the-court-strayed-from-the-path-to-paris\/"},"modified":"2025-07-14T12:33:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T10:33:25","slug":"the-environmental-defense-shell-ruling-in-perspective-how-the-court-strayed-from-the-path-to-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newparadigm.law\/en\/the-environmental-defense-shell-ruling-in-perspective-how-the-court-strayed-from-the-path-to-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"The Milieudefensie\/Shell case put into perspective"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">In Maandblad voor Ondernemingsrecht (Magazine for Corporate Law) Marieke Faber discusses the judgment of the Court of the Appeal in the case of Milieudefensie c.s. against Shell. 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