NSW Caselaw
Land and Environment Court of New South Wales
CITATION : Warringah Council v Koch and Severino [2006] NSWLEC 551
50070 of 2005
PROSECUTOR: Warringah Council
DEFENDANT: Horst Koch PARTIES : 50071 of 2005
PROSECUTOR: Warringah Council
DEFENDANT: Santo Angelo Severino
FILE NUMBER(S) : 50070; 50071 of 2005
CORAM: Biscoe J
KEY ISSUES: Environmental Offences :- Prosecution for polluting waters – proof of pollution – circumstantial evidence
LEGISLATION CITED: Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 s 96(2) Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 120(1)
Cliftleigh Haulage Pty Ltd v Byron Shire Council [2005] NSWLEC 692; Doney v The Queen (1990) 171 CLR 207; Environment Protection Authority v All Chrome Shop Pty Ltd (1996) 89 A Crim R 474; CASES CITED: Environment Protection Authority v Munters Pty Ltd (1998) 98 LGERA 279; Eslarn Holdings Pty Ltd v Tumut Council (Lloyd J, NSWLEC, 20 October 1998, unreported); Imnetu v R [2006] NSWCCA 203; Shepherd v R (1990) 170 CLR 573; Stevens v R (2005) 222 ALR 40
DATES OF HEARING: 26-28/04/2006, 01-02/05/2006, 09/05/2006, 30/05/2006
DATE OF JUDGMENT: 08/31/2006
PROSECUTOR: Mr A Galasso, barrister SOLICITORS Mathews Folbigg
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