Australia, June 24 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on May 23:
1. HER HONOUR: This is a claim for contractual damages. The plaintiffs (the developer) seek $20 million from the Department of Defence for breach of a lease, under which Defence was obliged to remediate land and 'make good' the leased premises at the end of the lease.
2. The developer has since redeveloped the land, together with adjoining land, into an intermodal terminal facility. The developer seeks the costs of dealing with asbestos contaminated soil and hazardous chemicals encountered during demolition and excavation works undertaken to build that facility.
Summary
3. For nearly a century, Defence owned land in Mooreba...