Newcastle City Council v Pace Farm Egg Products Pty Limited [No 2] [2005] NSWLEC 241

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Newcastle City Council v Pace Farm Egg Products Pty Limited [No 2] [2005] NSWLEC 241

PROSECUTOR: Newcastle City Council PARTIES : DEFENDANT: Pace Farm Egg Products Pty Limited

FILE NUMBER(S) : 50071 of 2004

CORAM: Pain J

Prosecution :- whether defendant placed pollutant in a position where it did or was likely to fall or descend into waters - whether rational inferences consistent with innocence open on the evidence KEY ISSUES: Practice and Procedure :- application of Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 s 257

Clean Waters Act 1970 s 16 LEGISLATION CITED: Marine Pollution Act 1987 s 8 Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 s 120, s 257

Chamberlain & Anor v The Queen [No 2] (1984) 153 CLR 521; Environment Protection Authority v Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation Ltd (1994) 83 LGERA 51; Filipowski v Nikolaos; Pontian Shipping Co Limited [2005] NSWLEC 102; Makita (Australia) Pty Ltd v Sprowles (2001) 52 NSWLR 705; CASES CITED: Martin v Osborne (1936) 55 CLR 36; Mathews v Goulburn Wool Processors (Smart J, NSWSC, 6 November 1986, unreported); New South Wales Sugar Milling Co-operative Ltd v State Pollution Control Commission (1991) 73 LGRA 86; Shepherd v R (1990) 170 CLR 573; State Pollution Control Commission v Blayney Abattoirs Pty Ltd (1991) 72 LGRA 221