Group Litigation Orders
Group Litigation Order
Ref No: 66
Name of Group Litigation Order: OCENSA PIPELINE GROUP LITIGATION
Date of Order: 24/09/08
Judge: The Senior Master of the Queen's Bench Division
Court: QUEEN'S BENCH
Managing Court: ROYAL COURTS OF JUSTICE
Lead Solicitors:
LEIGH DAY & CO OF PRIORY HOUSE 23 ST JOHN'S LANE, LONDON EC1M 4LB
Defining Issues:
Defining Issues- (Subject to sub-categorisation of cases which may become necessary in the future),
-Is the law of Columbia, or England & Wales the applicable law for determination of (i) liability, (ii) limitation & (iii) quantification of loss and damage
-Did the Defendant owe the Claimants a duty of care in relation to the design and construction and maintenance of the oil pipeline between the Cusiana-Cupiagua oilfields and the port of Covenas in Columbia (the Ocensa Pipeline)
-If a duty of care was owed, what was the standard of care owed? etc.