Mobil's challenge to $10 mln Auckland contamination clean-up reaches Supreme Court

Mobil's challenge to $10 mln Auckland contamination clean-up reaches Supreme Court
Paul McBeth
By Paul McBeth April 20 (BusinessDesk) - Mobil Oil New Zealand has launched a Supreme Court challenge to a $10 million bill for cleaning up the heavily contaminated part of Auckland's downtown Wynyard Quarter where oil has been stored for decades.  The country's second-biggest petrol station chain today kicked off an application in the Supreme Court to overturn a decision finding Mobil liable to decontaminate the land to a level that would make it suitable for residential use. Counsel Michael Ring QC told the court that the contract's "cl...