NSW Caselaw
Land and Environment Court of New South Wales
CITATION : Murray Irrigation Limited v ICW Pty Ltd and Meares Nominees Pty Ltd [2005] NSWLEC 304
PROSECUTOR: Murray Irrigation Limited
PARTIES : DEFENDANTS: ICW Pty Ltd and Meares Nominees Pty Ltd
FILE NUMBER(S) : 50026; 50027; 50028; 50029; 50030; 50031 of 2005
CORAM: Bignold J
KEY ISSUES: Environmental Offences :- Taking water without authority - Interfering with water meter - Circumstantial evidence case - Strict liability - Vicarious liability for wrongdoing of employee
LEGISLATION CITED: Water Management Act 2000 (NSW)
Plomp v The Queen (1963) 110 CLR 234; Barca v The Queen (1975) 133 CLR 82; Attorney-General's Refence (No. 1 of 1983) (1983) 2 VR 410; Tiger Nominees Pty Ltd v State Pollution Control Commission (1992) 25 NSWSR 715; CASES CITED: Director General Department of Land and Water Conservation v Greentree (2003) 131 LGERA 234; Queensland Stations Pty Ltd v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1945) 70 CLR 395; The Commissioner of Taxation v Barrett (1973) 129 CLR 395; Stevens v Brodribb Sawmilling Company Pty Ltd (1986) 160 CLR 16; State of NSW v Lepore (2003) 212 CLR 511
DATES OF HEARING: 21-24 March 2005
DATE OF JUDGMENT: 06/17/2005
PROSECUTOR J. Webster SC T. Howard
SOLICITORS Francis Kelly Grant
LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES:
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