Though environmental damage in the delta is extensive, compensation for victims and proper clean-up is rare...The weakness of the current system is reflected by the fact that to get justice, the Bodo community had to seek redress in the UK. In the first case of its kind, the British law firm Leigh Day & Co brought a claim in April 2011 for damages against Royal Dutch Shell and its Nigerian subsidiary, SPDC, on behalf of 69,000 Bodo residents. In August, SPDC admitted liability...Half a year on, the clean-up has yet to start. SPDC said it could not comment due to continuing talks with Leigh Day. Martyn Day, a partner at the law firm, said: “We have spent six months in negotiations with Shell. We are very worried that we are getting nowhere.”