NSW Caselaw
Land and Environment Court of New South Wales
CITATION : Environment Protection Authority v Pal [2009] NSWLEC 35 This decision has been amended. Please see the end of the judgment for a list of the amendments.
PROSECUTOR Environment Protection Authority PARTIES : DEFENDANT Kate Maree Pal
FILE NUMBER(S) : 50025 of 2007; 50026 of 2007
CORAM: Sheahan J
KEY ISSUES: PROSECUTION :- Tier 1 offence, plea of guilty, negligent disposal of waste, actual and likely environmental harm, totality principle, absence of contrition, capacity to pay fine etc, futility of orders, sentencing principles and options, need for general deterrence, community service
Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 LEGISLATION CITED: Fines Act 1996 Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Regulation 2005
ACCC v Chen [2003] FCA 897 Aref Rahme (1989) 43 ACrimR 81 Axer Pty Ltd v Environment Protection Authority (1993) 113 LGERA 357 Bentley v BGP Properties Pty Ltd (2006) 145 LGERA 234 Camilleri's Stock Feeds Pty Ltd v EPA (1993) 32 NSWLR 683 Cobiac v Liddy (1969) 119 CLR 257 Environmental Protection Authority v Barnes [2006] NSWCA 246 Environment Protection Authority v Capdate Pty Ltd (1993) 78 LGERA 349 Environment Protection Authority v Coggins [2003] NSWLEC 111 (2003) 126 LGERA 219 Environment Protection Authority v Douglass (No.2) [2002] NSWLEC 94 CASES CITED: Environment Protection Authorityv Emerald Peat Pty Ltd (in liq) [1999] NSWLEC 147 Environment Protection Authority v Waight (No.3) [2001] NSWLEC 126 Environment Protection Authority v Waste Recycling and Processing Corp (2006) 148 LGERA 299 Environment Protection Authority v White (1996) 92 LGERA 264 Humane Society International Inc v Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha Ltd [2004] FCA 1510 L Vogel & Son Pty Ltd v Anderson (1968) 120 CLR 157 Mill v The Queen (1988) 166 CLR 59 R v JRD [2007] NSWCCA 55 R v O'Neill [1979] 2 NSWLR 582 R v Thomson; R v Houlton [2000] NSWCCA 309 (2000) 49 NSWLR 383 Smith v The Queen (1991) 25 NSWLR 1 Veen v R (1979) 143 CLR 458 and Veen v R (No.2) (1988) 164 CLR 465
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