NSW Caselaw
Land and Environment Court of New South Wales
CITATION : Garrett v Freeman (No. 2) [2006] NSWLEC 334
PROSECUTOR: Stephen Garrett PARTIES : DEFENDANT: Geoffrey Noel Freeman
FILE NUMBER(S) : 50043 of 2005 and 50044 of 2005
CORAM: Lloyd J
Environmental Offences :- damage to habitat of threatened species - employee acting in good faith for and on behalf of the local government council - section 731 of the Local Government Act 1993 - exemption from liability - does not apply to criminal prosecutions KEY ISSUES: Words and Phrases:- "any action, liability, claim or demand" - does not apply to criminal prosecutions
LEGISLATION CITED: National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 s 118D(1) and s 175B(1) Local Government Act 1993 s 731
Bankstown City Council v Alamdo Holdings Pty Ltd (2004) 135 LGERA 312; Bankstown City Council v Alamdo Holdings Pty Ltd (2005) 79 ALJR 1511; (2005) 142 LGERA 1; CASES CITED: Board of Fire Commissioners (NSW) v Ardouin (1961) 109 CLR 105; Little v The Commonwealth (1947) 75 CLR 94; Scala v Mammolitti (1965) 114 CLR 153
DATES OF HEARING: 05/06/2006; 06/06/2006; 07/06/2006; 08/06/2006; 09/06/2006; 13/06/2006 and 14/06/06
DATE OF JUDGMENT: 06/15/2006
EX TEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE : 06/15/2006
PROSECUTOR: D A Buchanan SC SOLICITOR: Stephen Garrett Department of Environment and Conservation
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