Port Macquarie – Hastings Council v Lawlor Services Pty Limited; Port Macquarie – Hastings Council v Petro (No 2) [2007] NSWLEC 324

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 2) [2007] NSWLEC 324

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 :- whether order should be made under s38(1) of the Evidence Act 1995 to allow prosecution to cross-examine its own witness

LEGISLATION CITED: Evidence Act 1995 s 38, s 135, s 137, s142, s192(2)

Adam v The Queen [2001] 207 CLR 96; Hadgkiss v Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union [2006] FCA 941; Klewer v Walton [2003] NSWCA 308; R v Ashton 2003 143 A Crim R 354; CASES CITED: R v Hogan [2001] NSWCCA 292; R v Kneebone (1999) 47 NSWLR 450; R v Le [2001] NSWSC 174; R v Le (2002) 54 NSWLR 474; R v Souleyman (1996) 40 NSWLR 712.

31 May 2007 DATES OF HEARING: 1 June 2007 4 June 2007

DATE OF JUDGMENT: 5 June 2007

PROSECUTOR Mr I Hemmings SOLICITOR Donovan Oates Hannaford FIRST DEFENDANT LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES: Mr J Maston SOLICITOR Falvey Associates SECOND DEFENDANT Mr T Hale SC SOLICITOR Falvey Associates