NSW Caselaw
Land and Environment Court of New South Wales
CITATION : Environment Protection Authority v Chillana Pty Ltd [2010] NSWLEC 255
PROSECUTOR Environment Protection Authority PARTIES : DEFENDANT Chillana Pty Ltd
FILE NUMBER(S) : 50040 of 2009
CORAM: Sheahan J
KEY ISSUES: PROSECUTION :- Plea of guilty - water pollution - actual and likely environmental harm - sentencing principles - s 250 orders instead of fine - investigation expenses and costs - capacity to pay
Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 LEGISLATION CITED: Fines Act 1996 Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997
Aref Rahme v R (1989) 43 A Crim R 81 Axer Pty Ltd v Environment Protection Authority (1993) 113 LGERA 357 Camilleri's Stock Feeds Pty Ltd v Environment Protection Authority (1993) 32 NSWLR 683 Environment Protection Authority v Ecolab Pty Ltd (2002) 123 LGERA 269 Environment Protection Authority v Rail Infrastructure Corporation [2002] NSWLEC 37; 119 LGERA 409 Environment Protection Authority v Cargill Australia Limited [2007] NSWLEC 337 Environment Protection Authority v Nalco Australia Pty Ltd [2007] NSWLEC 831 Environment Protection Authority v Baiada Poultry Pty Ltd [2008] NSWLEC 280;163 LGERA 71 Environment Protection Authority v Nowra Chemical Manufacturers Pty Ltd [2008] NSWLEC 187 Environment Protection Authority v CSR Building Products Ltd [2008] NSWLEC 224 Environment Protection Authority v Pal [2009] NSWLEC 35 Environment Protection Authority v Albury City Council [2009] NSWLEC 169 CASES CITED: Environment Protection Authority v Ramsay Food Processing Pty Ltd [2010] NSWLEC 23 Environment Protection Authority v Straits (Hillgrove) Gold Pty Limited [2010] NSWLEC 114 Environment Protection Authority v George Weston Foods Ltd [2010] NSWLEC 120 Environment Protection Authority v Ramsay Food Processing Pty Ltd (No.2) [2010] NSWLEC 175 Georgopolous v R [2010] NSWCCA 246 Markarian v The Queen [2005] HCA 25, 228 CLR 357 Minister for Planning v Hunter Quarries Pty Ltd [2010] NSWLEC 246 R v McNaughton [2006] NSWCCA 242, 66 NSWLR 566 R v Olbrich [1999] HCA 54; 199 CLR 270 R v Storey [1998] 1 VR 359 R v Thomson [2000] NSWCCA 309; 49 NSWLR 383 State Pollution Control Commission v White Wings Limited (unreported, Bignold J, Land and Environment Court, 1 November 1991) Veen v R (1979) 143 CLR 458
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