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Bong Bong Town Centre v Illawarra Clay Target Club (NSWSC) – contract – lease – lessee required to remove lead contamination from land and put it in condition suitable for development
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Bong Bong Town Centre v Illawarra Clay Target Club [2015] NSWSC 316
Supreme Court of New South Wales
McDougall J
Contract – remediation clause - plaintiff leased land to defendant club - two variations to lease – by second variation term of lease increased and new clause inserted – dispute concerned club’s obligations to remediate land under clause of lease read in conjunction with clause inserted by second variation – proper construction of remediation clause – validity of notice for purposes of clause inserted by second variation - held: club liable to remove lead contamination from and otherwise make good leased land, and in default to reimburse plaintiff for doing so.
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