Liverpool City Council v L Cauchi Liverpool City Council v M A Farrugia t/as D&M Farrugia Excavating Liverpool City Council v D Farrugia t/as D&M Farrugia Excavating Liverpool City Council v J&L Cauchi Pty Ltd Liverpool City Council v J Cauchi [2005] NSWLEC 675

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Liverpool City Council v L Cauchi Liverpool City Council v M A Farrugia t/as D&M Farrugia Excavating Liverpool City Council v D Farrugia t/as D&M Farrugia Excavating Liverpool City Council v J&L Cauchi Pty Ltd Liverpool City Council v J Cauchi [2005] NSWLEC 675

Liverpool City Council Louise Cauchi (Def) Joseph Cauchi (Def) J & L Cauchi (Def) PARTIES : M A Farrugia (Def) D Farrugia (Def)

FILE NUMBER(S) : 50115; 50116; 50117; 50118; 50119 of 2003

CORAM: McClellan CJ

Prosecution :- Not guilty plea Failure to comply with clean up notice KEY ISSUES: Defence of reasonable excuse Procedural fairness

Environmental Planning & Assessment Act 1979 LEGISLATION CITED: Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 Local Government Act 1919

Attorney General (Commonwealth) v Breckler (1999) 197 CLR 83; Cooper v Wandsworth Board of Works (1863) 14 CB(NS) 180 [143 ER 414]; Cox & Hazell Pty Ltd v Gidney (1981) 1 NSWLR 468; Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Bhardwaj (2002) 209 CLR 597 Calvin v Carr [1980] AC 574; CASES CITED: Ousley v R (1997) 192 CLR 69; Plaintiff S157/2002 v The Commonwealth of Australia (2003) 211 CLR 476; R v Electricity Commissioners; Ex parte London Electricity Joint Committee Co (1920) Ltd [1924] 1 KB 171; Twist v The Council of the Municipality of Randwick (1976) 136 CLR 106