Australia, June 2 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on May 2:
1. PAYNE JA: I agree with McHugh JA.
2. STERN JA: I agree with McHugh JA.
3. McHUGH JA: This appeal turns on the construction of a contract between commercial parties and its operation on uncontroversial facts. In order to succeed, the appellant needs to establish a series of related propositions which the language and purpose of the contract do not support. The appeal should be dismissed.
Background
4. In 2017, Fortune Agribusiness Funds Management Pty Ltd (Fortune) was a company associated with the respondent, Mr Zhaoqing Jiang. It was the holder of Crown Leases in respect of two blocks of undeveloped land in the Northern ...