Mobil Oil New Zealand Ltd v Development Auckland Ltd - [2017] 1 NZLR 48

Contract — Implied term — Whether matter of interpretation — Tenancy agreement — Lessee required to deliver up property in “clean and tidy condition” — Land used for bulk storage of oil — Whether term to be implied requiring remediation of subsoil contaminated by oil products.

Landlord and tenant — Liability of lessee — Lessee required to deliver up property in “clean and tidy condition” — Land used for bulk storage of oil — Whether extended to remediation of subsoil contaminated by oil products.

Property law — Lease — Lessee required to deliver up property in “clean and tidy condition” — Land used for bulk storage of oil — Whether extended to remediation of subsoil contaminated by oil products.