NSW Caselaw
Land and Environment Court of New South Wales
Minister administering the Ports Corporatisation and Waterways Management Act 1995 v Hakim (No 4) [2005] NSWLEC 344 CITATION : This decision has been amended. Please see the end of the judgment for a list of the amendments.
Minister administering the Ports Corporatisation and Waterways Management Act 1995 PARTIES : Mick Bechara Hakim
FILE NUMBER(S) : 50057 of 2004; 50058 of of 2004
CORAM: Cowdroy J
KEY ISSUES: Environmental Offences :- excavation without a Pt 3A permit - failure to comply with stop work order - penalty - environmental harm - mitigating factors
Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 ss 3A, 21A, 22 LEGISLATION CITED: Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 s 93(1) Rivers and Foreshores Improvement Act 1948 Pt 3A, ss 22B, 22D, 22G
Camilleri's Stock Feeds Pty Ltd v Environmental Protection Authority (1993) 32 NSWLR 683; Mill v The Queen (1988) 166 CLR 59; Minister administering the Ports Corporatisation and Waterways Management Act 1995 v Hakim [2005] NSWLEC 92; CASES CITED: Ryan v The Queen (2001) 206 CLR 267; Veen v The Queen (No 2) (1988) 164 CLR 465; Wheeler v The Queen [2000] NSWCCA 34
DATES OF HEARING: 03/05/2005, 04/05/2005, 23/05/2005
DATE OF JUDGMENT: 07/08/2005
EX TEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE : 07/08/2005
PROSECUTOR I Hemmings SOLICITOR Baker & McKenzie LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES:
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