NSW Caselaw
Land and Environment Court of New South Wales
CITATION : Environment Protection Authority v The Shell Company of Australia Ltd [2000] NSWLEC 16 PROSECUTOR Environment Protection Authority PARTIES : DEFENDANT The Shell Company of Australia Ltd FILE NUMBER(S) : 50040 of 1999 CORAM: Pearlman J KEY ISSUES: Environmental Offences :- water pollution - plea of guilty - penalty - mitigation LEGISLATION CITED: Clean Waters Act 1970 s 16 Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 s 241 Axer Pty Ltd v Environmental Protection Authority (Court of Criminal Appeal, 22 November 1993, unreported); CASES CITED: Environment Protection Authority v Bituminous Products Pty Ltd [1999] NSWLEC 247; Environment Protection Authority v Wyong Shire Council (Stein J, NSWLEC, 18 September 1996, unreported) DATES OF HEARING: 23/11/99 EX TEMPORE 11/23/1999 JUDGMENT DATE :
PROSECUTOR Mr M M Kelly (Solicitor) SOLICITORS Environment Protection Authority LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES: DEFENDANT Mr M P Brennan (Solicitor) SOLICITORS Blake Dawson Waldron
JUDGMENT:
IN THE LAND AND 50040 of 1999 ENVIRONMENT COURT Pearlman J OF NEW SOUTH WALES 23 November 1999
ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AUTHORITY Prosecutor v THE SHELL COMPANY OF AUSTRALIA LTD Defendant
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