NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : (2002) 55 NSWLR 593 (2002) 134 A Crim R 466
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION : Gilmour v EPA; Tableland Topdressing v EPA [2002] NSWCCA 399 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60702/01; 60703/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 29 July 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 30 September 2002
Glenn Rex Gilmour (Appellant) Environment Protection Authority (Respondent) PARTIES : Tableland Topdressing Pty Ltd (Appellant) Environment Protection Authority (Respondent) JUDGMENT OF : Santow JA at 1; Hidden J at 80; Adams J at 81
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Land & Environment Court of NSW LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : LEC 50006/99; LEC 50007/99 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Sheahan J OFFICER :
COUNSEL : C Leggat/ M Baird (Appellants) D A Buchanan, SC/ T G Howard (Respondents) SOLICITORS : Stephen Rugendyke (Appellants) Environment Protection Authority (Respondent) CATCHWORDS : CRIMINAL LAW PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - Criminal Appeal Act - whether Court of Criminal appeal can dismiss an appeal, irrespective of appealable error, if there is no substantial miscarriage of justice - CRIMINIAL LAW - Environmental Offences and Penalties Act 1989 - admissibility of evidence - statutory interpretation - whether verdict unsafe and unsatisfactory - CRIMINAL LAW - severity of sentence Clean Waters Act 1970 (NSW) s5; s16 Courts Legislation Amendment Act 2000 (NSW) LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes Sentencing (Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) s10 Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) s5; s6 Environmental Offences and Penalties Act 1989 (NSW) s8B Evidence Act 1995 s18; s137 Australian Coal & Shale Employees Federation v Commonwealth (1953) 94 CLR 621 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 Environmental Protection Authority v Gilmore & Another (2000) 109 LGERA 228 Histollo Pty Ltd v Director General of National Parks and Wildlife Service (1998) 45 NSWLR 661 CASES CITED: House v the King (1936) 55 CLR 499 Makita (Australia) Pty Ltd v Sprowles (2002) 52 NSWLR 705 R v Conway (2002) 186 ALR 328 R v Olejarnik (1994) 33 NSWLR 567 Stokes v R (1960) 105 CLR 279 Thornloe v Filipowski (2001) 52 NSWLR 60 DECISION : (1) Appeal dismissed; (2) The Appellants to pay the costs of the appeal.
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