NSW Caselaw
Land and Environment Court of New South Wales
CITATION : Environment Protection Authority v Boral Australian Gypsum Limited [2009] NSWLEC 26
PROSECUTOR Environment Protection Authority PARTIES : DEFENDANT Boral Australian Gypsum Limited
FILE NUMBER(S) : 50058 of 2008
CORAM: Pain J
KEY ISSUES: ENVIRONMENTAL OFFENCES :- water pollution - appropriate penalty - potential environmental harm - mitigating factors
LEGISLATION CITED: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 s 3A, s 21A, s 22 Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 s 3, s 120, s 248
Axer Pty Ltd v Environment Protection Authority (1993) 113 LGERA 357 Cabonne Shire Council v Environment Protection Authority (2001) 115 LGERA 304 Camilleri's Stock Feeds Pty Ltd v Environment Protection Authority (1993) 32 NSWLR 683 Environment Protection Authority v Hanson Precast Pty Limited [2008] NSWLEC 285 Environment Protection Authority v Nalco Pty Ltd [2007] NSWLEC 831 CASES CITED: Hoare v R (1989) 167 CLR 348 Markarian v The Queen (2005) 228 CLR 357 R v Carroll [2008] NSWCCA 218 R v Sharma (2002) 54 NSWLR 300 R v Thomson; R v Houlton (2000) 49 NSWLR 383 Veen v. The Queen (No. 2) (1988) 164 CLR 465
DATES OF HEARING: 9 March 2009
EX TEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE : 9 March 2009
PROSECUTOR Mr P Barley (solicitor) SOLICITORS LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES: Department of Environment and Climate Change DEFENDANT Dr N Brunton (solicitor) SOLICITORS Henry Davis York
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