NSW Caselaw
Land and Environment Court of New South Wales
CITATION : Mosman Municipal Council v Keesing [2006] NSWLEC 836
PROSECUTOR: Mosman Municipal Council PARTIES : DEFENDANT: John Edward Keesing
FILE NUMBER(S) : 50006 of 2005
CORAM: Lloyd J
KEY ISSUES: Prosecution :- poisoning and injuring a tree - no valid tree preservation order at the date of the offence - summons dismissed
LEGISLATION CITED: Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 s 26 and 125(1) Mosman Local Environmental Plan 1998 cl 9
B v Medical Superintendent of Macquarie Hospital (1987) 10 NSWLR 440; Beckwith v R (1976) 135 CLR 569; Capral Aluminium Ltd v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (2000) 49 NSWLR 610; CASES CITED: ISPT Nominees Pty Limited v Chief Commissioner of State Revenue (2003) 59 NSWLR 196; Latoudis v Casey (1990) 170 CLR 534; Victorian Chamber of Manufacturers v The Commonwealth (1943) 67 CLR 347; Waugh v Kippen (1986) 160 CLR 156
DATES OF HEARING: 18 April 2006
EX TEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE : 04/18/2006
PROSECUTOR: J V Nicholas SC and S A Duggan (barrister) SOLICITORS: Pike Pike & Fenwick LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES:
DEFENDANT: I M Barker QC and I J Hemmings (barrister) SOLICITORS: Martin Bell & Co
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