Byron Shire Council v The Rising Damp Corporation Pty Limited [2001] NSWLEC 260

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Byron Shire Council v The Rising Damp Corporation Pty Limited [2001] NSWLEC 260 PROSECUTOR Byron Shire Council PARTIES : DEFENDANT The Rising Damp Corporation Pty Limited FILE NUMBER(S) : 50086 of 2000 CORAM: Talbot J KEY ISSUES: Prosecution :- company carrying out development - whether relevant knowledge of the development proved - circumstantial evidence - accessorial liability - vicarious liability Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 s 4, s 76A, s 76A(1), s 125, s 125(1) LEGISLATION CITED: Evidence Act 1995 s 97 Land and Environment Court Act 1979 s 55 Byron Shire Local Environmental Plan 1988 Aussie Traveller Pty Ltd v Marklea Pty Ltd [1998] 1 Qd R 1; Burrell v Jacenko (1998) 99 LGERA 173 ; Chamberlain and Another [No. 2] v The Queen (1983 - 1984) 153 CLR 521; Cooper v Coffs Harbour City Council (1997) 97 LGERA 125 ; Empress Car Co (Abertillery) Ltd v National Rivers Authority [1998] 1 All ER 481; Environmental Protection Authority v ADI Limited (Talbot J, NSWLEC, 22 October 1998, unreported); Environmental Protection Authority v ADI Ltd [1999] NSWLEC 14, unreported; Giorgianni v The Queen (1985) 156 CLR 473 ; Gosford City Council v Popran Creek Pty Ltd and Polo (1995) 89 LGERA 208; Histollo Pty Ltd v Director-General of National Parks and Wildlife Service (1988) 103 LGERA 355; Holroyd City Council v Murdoch (1994) 82 LGERA 197;; Bahri Kural v The Queen (1987) 162 CLR 502 ; Macquarie University v Ryde Municipal Council [1977] 1 NSWLR 304; Murdoch v Holroyd City Council (Priestley JA, Sheller JA, Cohen AJA, NSWCA, 20 November 1996, unreported).; Pereira v Director of Public Prosecutions (1988) 82 ALR 217 ; CASES CITED: Performing Right Society Limited v Ciryl Theatrical Syndicate Limited (1924) 1 KB 1; R v Randall Barrie Von Snarski [2001] QCA 71, unreported; Rao v Canterbury City Council (2000) 112 LGERA 360; Regina v Shorrock (1994) QB 279 ; Ryde Municipal Council v Macquarie University (1978) 139 CLR 633 ; Saad (1987) 29 A Crim R 20 ; Sedleigh-Denfield v O'Callaghan and Others (1940) AC 880; Shepherd v The Queen (1990) 170 CLR 573; South Sydney City Council v Paul Dainty Corporation Pty Ltd and the Sydney Cricket and Sports Ground Trust (1992) 75 LGRA 202; South Sydney City Council v Spanos Enterprises Pty Ltd and Ors (Pearlman J, NSWLEC, 8 July 1998, unreported); Tesco Supermarkets Ltd v Nattrass (1972) AC 153; The Corporation of the City of Adelaide v The Australasian Performing Right Association Limited (1928) 40 CLR 481 ; The Council of the City of South Sydney v Kurtonal, and Ors (Bignold J, NSWLEC, 12 February 1997, unreported); Universal Telecasters (Qld) Ltd v Guthrie (1977) 18 ALR 531 ; Von Lieven v Stewart; Kemish v Godfrey and Another (1990) 21 NSWLR 52 ; Wright and Romeyko v Corporation of City of West Torrens (1996) 91 LGERA 197 DATES OF HEARING: 24/09/2001, 25/09/2001, 26/09/2001, 25/10/2001, 26/10/2001, 31/10/2001 (final written submissions) DATE OF JUDGMENT: 11/30/2001