20 Nov 2015
MOBIL OIL NEW ZEALAND LIMITED v DEVELOPMENT AUCKLAND LIMITED (FORMERLY AUCKLAND WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT AGENCY LIMITED) [2015] NZSC 177
- Citation
- [2015] NZSC 177
- Court
- Supreme Court
The Supreme Court granted leave to appeal and formulated three appellate questions: interpretation of the 'clean and tidy' lease clauses with respect to remediation, liability under an implied term against waste, and the temporal scope of any remediation obligation; the Court did not decide the substantive merits but allowed these issues to proceed to appeal.