NSW Caselaw
Land and Environment Court of New South Wales
CITATION : Newcastle City Council v Pace Farm Egg Products Pty Limited [2005] NSWLEC 139
PROSECUTOR: Newcastle City Council PARTIES : DEFENDANT: Pace Farm Egg Products Pty Limited
FILE NUMBER(S) : 50071 of 2004
CORAM: Pain J
KEY ISSUES: Practice and Procedure :- amendment of summons - whether duplicitous - whether waters alleged to be polluted are an essential legal element of the offence under the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 s 120
LEGISLATION CITED: Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 s 120, s 216
Brownlie v State Pollution Control Commission (1992) 27 NSWLR 78; Environment Protection Authority v Bathurst City Council (1995) 89 LGERA 79; CASES CITED: Environment Protection Authority v CSR Ltd trading as CSR Woodpanels (2001) 114 LGERA 217; McConnell Dowell Constructors (Aust) Pty Ltd v Environment Protection Authority (No 2) (2002) 54 NSWLR 39; Romeyko v Samuels (1972) 2 SASR 529
DATES OF HEARING: 21/02/2005 EX TEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE : 02/22/2005
PROSECUTOR: Mr M Craig QC and Mr J Maston (barrister) SOLICITORS: Sparke Helmore LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES: DEFENDANT: Mr T Hale SC and Mr S Docker (barrister) SOLICITORS: Paul Hines
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