Environmental lawyer Dan Leader in conversation with author & journalist Steve Crawshaw

Suing Shell: What It Takes to Hold a Polluter to Account

7pm, Wednesday 30th September

Environmental lawyer Dan Leader in conversation with author & journalist Steve Crawshaw

Q: WHAT HAPPENS, when ordinary people demand that one of Britain’s largest companies, Royal Dutch Shell, cleans up its pollution?

A: For most of corporate history, the answer has been: very little.

Dan Leader, leading environmental and human rights lawyer, has spent a decade trying to change that, representing more than 13,000 African farmers and fishing communities whose lives have been devastated by oil spills, and taking Shell all the way to the UK Supreme Court.

The full trial for remedy and justice begins next year, in a David and Goliath battle whose ending is not yet written – one that could reshape what polluters owe the communities and the climate they harm. It is one of the most important environmental cases of our time.

Dan will be in conversation with author, journalist and human rights advocate Steve Crawshaw, whose acclaimed new book Prosecuting the Powerful asks the question at the heart of this conversation: can the law reach those who believe themselves untouchable?

The lecture forms part of St Mary’s programme for Creationtide, the Church’s annual season of prayer and action for the environment, and marks a step in our journey towards a bronze Eco Church award.

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This lecture begins at 7pm. Doors and Bar will be open from 6.30pm.

St. Mary the Virgin Primrose Hill is an Anglican church in the liberal catholic tradition. Founded in 1872 it is now celebrating its 150th anniversary. St. Mary’s has a long and proud history of supporting some of the most vulnerable in society. Part of this is running the winter homeless shelter partnered with Camden Camden Community Cold Weather Shelter (C4WS), and is proud to provide a home to the Mary’s youthwork charity which provides practical care and help to local young people at risk.

Funds go to aid St Mary’s Church – a vital base for community the and local outreach services for vulnerable people.

Tickets

Single ticket (in-person attendance): £5

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