Lismore City Council v Ihalainen [2013] NSWLEC 149

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Lismore City Council v Ihalainen [2013] NSWLEC 149 Hearing dates: 20 August 2013 Decision date: 12 September 2013 Jurisdiction: Class 5 Before: Pain J Decision: 1. The charges specified in par 5 - 15 of the summons relating to an alleged clean-up notice dated 9 July 2012 are summarily dismissed. 2. Costs are reserved. Catchwords: PROSECUTION - several charges of failure to comply with clean-up notice - notice of motion seeking summary dismissal of charges for failure to comply with clean-up notice - failure by council to afford procedural fairness to defendant before clean-up notice issued - charges dismissed Legislation Cited: Criminal Procedure Act 1986 s 247G Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 Land and Environment Court Act 1979 s 23 Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 s 91 Cases Cited: Agar v Hyde [2000] HCA 41; (2000) 201 CLR 552 Gray v Woollahra Municipal Council [2004] NSWSC 112 Liverpool City Council v Cauchi [2005] NSWLEC 675; (2005) 145 LGERA 1 Precision Products (NSW) Pty Ltd v Hawkesbury City Council [2008] NSWCA 278; (2008) 74 NSWLR 102 Ryding v Kempsey Shire Council [2008] NSWLEC 306 Twist v Randwick Municipal Council (1976) 136 CLR 106 Texts Cited: Thomson Reuters, Environmental Responsibilities Law NSW Service, Vol 1, July 2013 Category: Interlocutory applications Parties: Lismore City Council (Prosecutor) Jari Ihalainen (Defendant) Representation: Mr I Lloyd QC with Mr S Nash (Prosecutor) Mr T Howard (Defendant) McCartney Young Lawyers (Prosecutor) Mallik Rees Lawyers (Defendant) File Number(s): 50172 of 2013