NOBBS v HACKETT & ORS [1999] NSWSC 379

New South Wales Supreme Court CITATION : NOBBS v HACKETT & ORS [1999] NSWSC 379 CURRENT JURISDICTION : Common Law Division FILE NUMBER(S) : 12373/98 HEARING DATE(S) : 29/03/99, 31/03/99, 15/04/99, 16/04/99 JUDGMENT DATE : 16 April 1999

Kaylene Lesley Nobbs (Plaintiff) Leanne Hackett (First Defendant) PARTIES : Brett Anthony Bell (Second Defendant) Royal Society foer the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Third Defendant) Peter Smith (Fourth Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Adams J at 1

COUNSEL : Mr C Papayanni (Plaintiff) Mr R Lancaster (First Defendant and Third Defendants) Ramrakha Jenkins (Plaintiff) SOLICITORS : Smythe & Mallam (First and Third Defendants)

CATCHWORDS : Search warrant; Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1989; effect of invalidity; other powers of entry; search and removal of animals; whether entry lawful despite invalidity of warrant; prerequisites for exercise of statutory powers Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1979 Search Warrants Act 1985 ACTS CITED : Marketing of Primary Products Act 1927 Police Offences Act 1901 Justices Act 1902 Egg Marketing Board v Cassar [1978] 1 NSWLR 90 Grove v Eastern Gas Board [1952] 1 KB 77 CASES CITED : Fowler v Taylor [1957] VR 593 Christie v Leachinsky (1947) AC 573 Johnson v Miller (1958) 59 CLR 467 Puglisi & Anor v Australian Fisheries Management Authority & Ors 148 ALR 393 AT 405 DECISION : Principal relief sought by plaintiff is refused, subject to orders.