Australia, April 13 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on March 14:
1. These representative proceedings have been commenced pursuant to Part 10 of the Civil Procedure Act 2005 (the "CPA"). The plaintiff claims damages at common law, and pursuant to the Australian Consumer Law, for himself and for all group members.
2. The plaintiff and the group members own, or owned, land in a newly developed part of an area, now called Spring Farm, which is located to the southwest of Sydney, proximate to the Nepean River. The plaintiff alleges his home, built on land in Spring Farm, has subsided due to the soil being unsound for building a residential house. He alleges that the land in Spring Farm gener...