BARBARA FILIPOWSKI v. GERARD ETHELL [1998] NSWLEC 25

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : BARBARA FILIPOWSKI v. GERARD ETHELL [1998] NSWLEC 25 PARTIES : BARBARA FILIPOWSKI v. GERARD ETHELL FILE NUMBER(S) : 50015, 50016 & 50017 of 1998 CORAM: Pearlman J KEY ISSUES: :- Land and Environment Court Act 1979 s 43 LEGISLATION CITED: Land and Environment Court Rules 1996 Pt 10, r 1 Marine Pollution Act 1987 ss 27(1), 28(1) Ports Corporatisation and Waterways Management Act 1995 sch 4, 4.14(5) R v O'Neill (1979) 2 NSWLR 582 at 588; R v Chin (1984) 157 CLR 671 at 676; R v Altham (1992) 62 A Crim R 126 at 127; Vella v The Queen (1990) 2 WAR 537; Gouldham v R (1970) WAR 119; CASES CITED: Hornsby Shire Council v Winsloe (Bignold J, 20 August 1998, unreported at paras 18-30; Environment Protection Authority v Genkem Pty Ltd (1992) 79 LGERA 47; see Genkem Pty Ltd v Environment Protection Authority (1994) 85 LGERA 197; Ex parte Lovell; Re Buckley and Anor (1938) 38 SR 153; Johnson v Miller (1937) 59 CLR 467 ; Broome v Chenoweth (1946) 73 CLR 583 DATES OF HEARING: 10 September 1998 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 10/27/1998

Mr A L Hill, Barrister LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES: Mr B W Larkin, Barrister

JUDGMENT: 22

Introduction

1. Three prosecutions have been brought under the Marine Pollution Act 1987 arising out of an incident where a substance known as nonyl phenol escaped into the waters of Port Botany during a discharge of cargo from a vessel to the terminal. The defendants, Terminals Pty Ltd (Terminals) and Mr G Ethell have respectively pleaded guilty to the charges against them.