NSW Caselaw
Land and Environment Court of New South Wales
CITATION : Gosford City Council v Australian Panel Products Pty Ltd [2009] NSWLEC 77
PROSECUTOR: Gosford City Council PARTIES : DEFENDANT: Australian Panel Products Pty Ltd
FILE NUMBER(S) : 50083 of 2008
CORAM: Biscoe J
KEY ISSUES: ENVIRONMENTAL OFFENCES :- water pollution - sentencing - resin escapes from industrial premises into a creek - appropriate penalty
LEGISLATION CITED: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), ss 3A, 21A Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997, ss 120, 193, 203, 241, 248
Axer Pty Ltd v Environment Protection Authority (1993) 113 LGERA 357 Environment Protection Authority v Boral Australian Gypsum Ltd [2009] NSWLEC 26 Environment Protection Authority v Fulton Hogan Pty Ltd [2008] NSWLEC 268, (2008) 163 LGERA 345 Environment Protection Authority v Hanson Precast Pty Ltd [2008] NSWLEC 285 Environment Protection Authority v Snowy Hydro Ltd [2008] NSWLEC 264, (2008) 162 LGERA 273 CASES CITED: Markarian v The Queen [2005] HCA 25, (2005) 228 CLR 357 R v Borkowski [2009] NSWCCA 102 R v Thomson; R v Houlton [2000] NSWCCA 309, (2000) 49 NSWLR 383 Sullivan v R; Skillin v R [2008] NSWCCA 296 Veen v The Queen (1978-1979) 143 CLR 458 Wollongong City Council v Belmorgan Property Development Pty Ltd [2008] NSWLEC 291
DATES OF HEARING: 18 - 19 May 2009
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