The massive lineup of seven lawyers in the courtroom shows that this is a very important target for the companies involved and the court's chief counsel believes that the verdict can be of importance in the future.

- Of course, it will have a bearing on how you look at the possibility of pursuing further responsibility, says Elisabet Wass Löfstedt in the Land and Environmental Court.

The parties waive all responsibility

Although this process is about who will pay just over 3.4 million for an investigation plan, neither party wants to lose. The word billion responsibility was mentioned in the courtroom, which shows how to look at the risks if someone were forced to salvage the 23,000 dumped mercury barrels and both parties waive all responsibility.

"We haven't dumped any barrels," says Maria Smeder Nyqvist, who represents Bygglim.

- Bygglim sold the company to Fortum but now claims that we will take responsibility when it is in fact the Bygglimidan side who owned the company when the pollution took place, says Urban Båvestam, representative of Fortum Ljunga Kraft.

Tough noises

The nozzles during the final plating were sometimes tough. Construction glue with the Nouryon Group in the background accused the Fortum Group of being environmental cops and of draining the company Fortum Ljunga Kraft on extensive assets through a so-called liquidation when it was realized that the company was designated as responsible for the dumps, something Fortum rejects.

"When the decision was made to liquidate the company, there was no knowledge of this at all," says Urban Båvestam, representative of Fortum Ljunga Kraft.

In a month, the court will give its verdict and both parties seem equally victorious. The barrels have been on the seabed for over 60 years, but the legal process has only just begun, because whatever the verdict it will most likely be appealed.