NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : 130 LGERA 52
New South Wales Court of Appeal CITATION : BAIADA & ORS v WASTE RECYCLING & PROCESSING SERVICE OF NSW [1999] NSWCA 139 revised - 02/06/99 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40389/97 HEARING DATE(S) : 11 November 1998 JUDGMENT DATE : 18 May 1999
PARTIES : BAIADA & ORS v WASTE RECYCLING & PROCESSING SERVICE OF NSW JUDGMENT OF : Mason P at 1; Sheller JA at 63; Powell JA at 63
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Land & Environment Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : LEC 40220/96 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL OFFICER : Talbot J
COUNSEL : T F Robertson (Appellant) J B Maston (Respondent) SOLICITORS : Bartier Perry & Purcell (Appellant) I V Knight - Crown Solicitor (Respondent) CATCHWORDS : ENVIRONMENTAL LAW - Use by Council of land for waste depot - Breach of Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 - No consent granted by Council before commencement of operation of Depot - What constitutes development consent - Consent not recorded in appropriate register - Whether absence of a record is evidence for absence of consent; EVIDENCE - Burden of proof - Civil standard - Onus of proof - Civil onus - Negative proposition - Evidential burden carried by defendant; EVIDENCE - subpoena - proper construction of DECISION : Allowed by majority
THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COURT OF APPEAL
CA 40389/97 LEC 40220/96
MASON P SHELLER JA POWELL JA
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