NSW Caselaw
Land and Environment Court of New South Wales
CITATION : Environment Protection Authority v Taylor [No. 2] [2001] NSWLEC 114 PROSECUTOR: Environment Protection Authority PARTIES : DEFENDANT: Rodney Scott Taylor FILE NUMBER(S) : 50093 of 1998; 50094 of 1998 and 50095 of 1998 CORAM: Lloyd J Environmental Offences :- carelessly disregard instructions on pesticide container - an objective test KEY ISSUES: Evidence: -relevance - defendant's mental capacity irrelevant Evidence Act 1995 s 56(2) LEGISLATION CITED: Interpretation Act 1987 s 30(1) Pesticides Act 1978 s 33 Blair v Miller [1988] WAR 19; Crack v Post, Ex parte Crack [1984] 2 Qd R 311; Hall v Narrabri Shire Council, NSWLEC, Bignold J, 10 January 1992, unreported; He Kaw Teh v The Queen (1951) 157 CLR 523; CASES CITED: Lim Chin Aik v The Queen [1963] AC 160; McCrone v Riding [1938] 1 All ER 157; R v Gosset (1993) 105 DLR 681; R v Preston Jj, Ex p Lyons [1982] RTR 173; R v Wampfler (1987) 11 NSWLR 541; Simpson v Peat (1952) 2 QB 24 DATES OF HEARING: 01/05/2001 EX TEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE : 05/01/2001
PROSECUTOR: Mr D A Buchanan SC SOLICITORS: Stephen Garrett LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES: DEFENDANT: Ms V M Heath (Barrister) SOLICITORS: Sheridan & Stubbs
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