Assessing Damages for Asbestos Contamination of Trading Stock

Background: Our client imported and sold refrigeration products across Australia. As part of running their business our client required a warehouse to store all their stock. Client’s Problem: The adjacent property to the leased premises suffered an incident resulting in severe asbestos dust contamination affecting hundreds of thousands of dollars of stock.

Our team successfully represented the client in securing emergency expert contamination audits and issuing urgent proceedings in the Supreme Court.

Damages were recovered not only for the wholesale value of damaged inventory but also for consequential losses, warehouse relocation costs, and interruption to long-standing supply contracts.