Ashfield Council V Fuda [1998] NSWLEC 13

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Ashfield Council V Fuda [1998] NSWLEC 13 PARTIES : Ashfield Council V Fuda FILE NUMBER(S) : 50130 of 1997 CORAM: Lloyd J KEY ISSUES: :- Heritage Act 1977, s 158 Land and Environment Court Act 1979, ss 55, 68 LEGISLATION CITED: Land and Environment Court Rules, Pt 6 r 2, Pt 10 r 1 Supreme Court Rules, Pt 20 r 1, Pt 75 Div 2 Crimes Act Brownlie v State Pollution Control Commission (1992) 27 NSWLR 78; Giorgianni v The Queen (1985) 156 CLR 473, at 501; the Accessories and Abetttors Act 1861 (UK) ; Du Cros v Lambourne [1907] 1 KB 40; CASES CITED: Gould & Co v Houghton [1921] 1 KB 509; Ex parte Coorey (1944) 45 SR (NSW) 287; Reg. v Glennan (1970) 91 WN (NSW) 609 at 612-613; Lenzi v Miller [1965] SASR 1 at 10; Dare v Pulham (1982) 148 CLR 658; Environment Protection Authority v Van Hessen Australia Pty Limited DATES OF HEARING: 13 July 1998 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 07/23/1998

I S Lloyd QC LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES: T F Robertson & F T D DeL Davis

JUDGMENT: JUDGMENT

HIS HONOUR:

1. The defendant is charged with the following offence: AThat he did remove trees and other vegetation from the premises known as Rosemont at 14 Rosemont Avenue, Woollahra upon which there existed a Permanent Conservation Order under the Heritage Act 1977 in contravention of s 57 and s 156 of the said Act.