NSW Caselaw
Land and Environment Court of New South Wales
CITATION : Garrett v Freeman (No. 3) [2007] NSWLEC 139 This decision has been amended. Please see the end of the judgment for a list of the amendments.
PROSECUTOR: Stephen Garrett PARTIES : DEFENDANT: Geoffrey Noel Freeman
FILE NUMBER(S) : 50043 of 2005 and 50044 of 2005
CORAM: Lloyd J
KEY ISSUES: Bias :- criminal prosecution - apprehension of bias - prejudgment - no case to answer - waiver - misleading answers to statutory notice - fair-minded hypothetical observer - application dismissed
Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 Pt 5 LEGISLATION CITED: National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 s 118D, s 169, s 175B Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 s 193
Antoun v The Queen (2006) 80 ALJR 497; Concrete Pty Ltd v Parramatta Design & Developments Pty Ltd (2006) 231 ALR 663; 81 ALJR 352; Ebner v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy (2000) 205 CLR 337; CASES CITED: Garrett v Freeman (No. 2) [2006] NSWLEC 334; Johnson v Johnson (2000) 201 CLR 485; Re JRL; Ex parte CJL (1986) 161 CLR 324; Re Lusink; Ex parte Shaw (1980) 32 ALR 47; Vakauta v Kelly (1989) 167 CLR 568
DATES OF HEARING: 05/06/2006; 06/06/2006; 07/06/2006; 08/06/2006; 09/06/2006; 13/06/2006; 14/06/2006; 15/06/2006; 11/07/2006; 12/03/2007; 13/03/2007; 14/03/2007; 15/03/2007; 16/03/2007
DATE OF JUDGMENT: 19 March 2007
PROSECUTOR: D A Buchanan SC SOLICITOR: Stephen Garrett LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES: DEFENDANT: I J Hemmings (barrister) and E Y Ozen (barrister) SOLICITORS: Donovan Oates Hannaford
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