NSW Caselaw
Land and Environment Court of New South Wales
CITATION : Wollongong City Council v Ensile Pty Limited; Wollongong City Council v Hogarth (No 8) [2008] NSWLEC 232
Wollongong City Council (Prosecutor) PARTIES : Ensile Pty Limited (Defendant) Robert Martin (aka Bob) Hogarth (Defendant)
FILE NUMBER(S) : 50019 of 2007; 50021 of 2007; 50047 of 2007; 50048 of 2007
CORAM: Jagot J
KEY ISSUES: Prosecution :- plea of not guilty - clearing or partial clearing of vegetation that either required development consent or was prohibited under LEP - lack of development consent not proved beyond reasonable doubt - existing or continuing use rights - whether defendants discharged onus of proving continuing use rights on the balance of probabilities - whether prosecution discharged onus of proving enlargement or expansion or intensification of use beyond reasonable doubt - defendants acquitted
Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 Environmental Planning and Assessment (Amendment) Act 1985 LEGISLATION CITED: Evidence Act 1995 Local Government Act 1919 Local Government Act 1993 Local Government (General) Regulation 2005
Archibald v Byron Shire Council (2003) 129 LGERA 311 Baiada v Waste Recycling and Processing Service of NSW (1999) 130 LGERA 52 Baulkham Hills Shire Council v O'Donnell (1990) 69 LGRA 404 C.B. Investments Pty Ltd v Colo Shire Council (1980) 41 LGRA 270 Eaton & Sons Pty Limited v Warringah Shire Council (1972) 129 CLR 270 Hudak v Waverley Municipal Council (1989) 18 NSWLR 709 King v Lewis (1991) 74 LGRA 362 CASES CITED: King v Lewis (1995) 88 LGERA 183 Lane Cove Municipal Council v Lujeta Pty Ltd (1986) 58 LGRA 157 Parramatta City Council v Brickworks Limited (1972) 128 CLR 1 Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales v Sydney City Council (1987) 61 LGRA 305 Shire of Perth v O'Keefe (1964) 110 CLR 529 Steedman v Baulkham Hills Shire Council [No 1] (1991) 87 LGERA 26 Taggett v The Council of the Shire of Tweed [1993] NSWCA 260 Vaughan-Taylor v David Mitchell-Melcann Pty Ltd (1991) 25 NSWLR 580 Wollongong City Council v Ensile Pty Limited; Wollongong City Council v Hogarth (No 4) [2008] NSWLEC 149
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