On Wednesday 29 April the Outer House of the Court of Session in Edinburgh issued an opinion sanctioning two schemes of arrangement proposed by Premier Oil Plc and Premier Oil UK Limited (together, Premier Oil) (the Schemes). The Court addressed multiple grounds of challenge and did so without hearing live evidence, despite disputes of fact between the parties.

A settlement has been announced in the Tronox Securities Litigation,^[1] making it one of the first cases where the failure to publicly disclose environmental liabilities has resulted in a substantial settlement.