From scandal to triumph: Inside Nigeria’s long-drawn battle with P&ID
The UK Supreme Court has ordered Process and Industrial Developments (P&ID), an offshore company, to pay up to £44 million in legal costs to Nigeria.
Delivering judgment on October 22, 2025, a five-member panel led by Lord Reed, president of the Supreme Court, ruled unanimously that P&ID must pay the costs in pounds sterling, not in Nigerian naira, as the company had urged.
The Supreme Court affirmed the earlier decisions of the UK Commercial Court and the Court of Appeal, which held that Nigeria’s legal expenses, incurred and pai
Delivering judgment on October 22, 2025, a five-member panel led by Lord Reed, president of the Supreme Court, ruled unanimously that P&ID must pay the costs in pounds sterling, not in Nigerian naira, as the company had urged.
The Supreme Court affirmed the earlier decisions of the UK Commercial Court and the Court of Appeal, which held that Nigeria’s legal expenses, incurred and pai
The UK Supreme Court has ordered Process and Industrial Developments (P&ID), an offshore company, to pay up to £44 million in legal costs to Nigeria.
Delivering judgment on October 22, 2025, a five-member panel led by Lord Reed, president of the Supreme Court, ruled unanimously that P&ID must pay the costs in pounds sterling, not in Nigerian naira, as the company had urged.
The Supreme Court affirmed the earlier decisions of the UK Commercial Court and the Court of Appeal, which held that Nigeria’s legal expenses, incurred and pai