Pittwater Council v A1 Professional Tree Recycling Pty Ltd (No 3) [2009] NSWLEC 21

Reported Decision : 165 LGERA 6

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Pittwater Council v A1 Professional Tree Recycling Pty Ltd (No 3) [2009] NSWLEC 21

PROSECUTOR: Pittwater Council PARTIES : DEFENDANT: A1 Professional Tree Recycling Pty Ltd

FILE NUMBER(S) : 50051 of 2008

CORAM: Biscoe J

KEY ISSUES: COSTS :- whether successful defendant in criminal proceedings should be awarded costs against the prosecutor - legal principles- whether the investigation into the alleged offence was conducted in an unreasonable manner – whether the proceedings were initiated without reasonable cause.

Crimes (Appeal and Review) Act 2001, s 70 LEGISLATION CITED: Criminal Procedure Act 1986, ss 257C, 257D Industrial Relations Act 1988, s 347(1)

Bostik (Australia) Pty Ltd v Gorgevski ( No 2) (1992) 36 FCR 439 Canceri v Taylor (1994) 123 ALR 667 Cliftleigh Haulage Pty Ltd v Byron Shire Council [2007] NSWCCA 13 Council of Kangan Batman Institute of Technology and Further Education v Australian Industrial Relations Commission (2006) 156 FCR 275 Fosse v DPP [1999] NSWSC 367 Halpin v Department of Gaming and Racing [2007] NSWSC 815 JD v DPP & Ors [2000] NSWSC 1092 CASES CITED: Kanan v Australian Potal and Telecommunications Union (1992) 43 IR 257 Latoudis v Casey (1990) 170 CLR 534 Pittwater Council v A1 Professional tree Recycling Pty Ltd (No 2) [2008] NSWLEC 326 Port Macquarie-Hastings Council v Lawlor Services Pty Ltd; Port Macquarie - Hastings Council v Petro (No 7) [2008] NSWLEC 75 159 LGERA 87 R v Moore; Ex Parte Federated Miscellaneous Workers Union of Australia (1978) 140 CLR 470 Thompson and Others v Hodder and Others (1989) 21 FCR 467 Wollongong City Council v Ensile Pty Limited; Wollongong City Council v Hogarth (No 9) [2008] NSWLEC 248