NSW Caselaw
Land and Environment Court of New South Wales
CITATION : Port Macquarie – Hastings Council v Lawlor Services Pty Limited, Port Macquarie – Hastings Council v Petro (No 1) [2007] NSWLEC 323
PROSECUTOR Port Macquarie – Hastings Council PARTIES : FIRST DEFENDANT Lawlor Services Pty Limited SECOND DEFENDANT Edmund Petro
FILE NUMBER(S) : 50031 of 2006, 50006 of 2007
CORAM: Pain J
KEY ISSUES: Evidence :- Admissibility - opinion evidence - lay opinion - whether evidence able to be received under section 78 Evidence Act 1995 - whether council officer can give estimate of number of trees removed from land between two dates
LEGISLATION CITED: Evidence Act 1995 s 76, s78, s135
Guide Dog Owners' and Friends' Association Inc v Guide Dog Association (NSW & ACT) (1998) 154 ALR 527 ; CASES CITED: R v Leung (1999) 47 NSWLR 405 ; R v Panetta (NSWCCA, Hunt CJ, Hulme J and Graham AJ, 2 October 1997, unreported) ; Smith v The Queen (2001) 206 CLR 650
DATES OF HEARING: 30 May 2007
EX TEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE : 30 May 2007
PROSECUTOR Mr I Hemmings SOLICITOR Donovan Oates Hannaford
FIRST DEFENDANT LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES: Mr T Hale SC SOLICITOR Falvey Associates SECOND DEFENDANT Mr J Maston SOLICITOR Falvey Associates
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