Blacktown City Council v Wilkie (No 15) [2016] NSWLEC 98

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Blacktown City Council v Wilkie (No 15) [2016] NSWLEC 98 Hearing dates: 18 and 19 March, 6, 7 and 8 May, 29 and 30 August 2013 and 13 August, 4 September (further written submissions) and 2 October 2015 (further written submissions) Date of orders: 09 August 2016 Decision date: 09 August 2016 Jurisdiction: Class 4 Before: Pepper J Decision: See orders at [239]. Catchwords: CONTEMPT: application to withdraw plea of guilty – legal principles – whether plea of guilty attributable to a genuine consciousness of guilt – whether there is an issuable question as to guilt – whether arguable that a plea in bar of autrefois convict available – whether compliance with orders forming the basis of the contempt charge impossible – whether later orders superseded earlier orders in respect of same subject-matter – whether statement of charge defective because it only referred to earlier orders – whether orders inoperative because they did not state time for compliance – leave granted to withdraw plea of guilty. Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005, Sch 1, s 4 Criminal Procedure Act 1986, s 156 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005, Sch 1, rr 1.5, 36.5, 40.6 Cases Cited: Advan Investments Pty Ltd v Dean Gleeson Motor Sales Pty Ltd [2003] VSC 201 Australian Competition & Consumer Commission v World Netsafe Pty Ltd [2003] FCA 159; (2003) 127 FCR 542 Australian Prudential Regulation Authority v Siminton (No 8) [2007] FCA 1612 B v B [1991] FCR 386 Blacktown City Council v Wilkie [2001] NSWLEC 269; (2001) 119 LGERA 255 Blacktown City Council v Wilkie [2002] NSWLEC 119 Blacktown City Council v Wilkie [2003] NSWLEC 120 Blacktown City Council v Wilkie (No 12) [2011] NSWLEC 238 Blacktown City Council v Wilkie (No 13) [2012] NSWLEC 110 Blacktown City Council v Wilkie (No 14) [2012] NSWLEC 252 Brown Brothers v Pittwater Council [2015] NSWCA 215; (2015) 209 LGERA 53 Carter v Roberts [1903] 2 Ch 312 Chow v Director of Public Prosecutions (1992) 28 NSWLR 593 Danchevsky v Danchevsky (No 2) (1997) 121 SJ 796 Davies v Beyond Building Systems Pty Ltd [2009] NSWSC 1282 Environment Protection Authority v Ableway Waste Management Pty Ltd [2005] NSWLEC 469 Fox v Percy [2003] HCA 22; (2003) 214 CLR 118 Gilbert v Endean (1878) 9 Ch D 259 Griffiths v The Queen [1977] HCA 44; (1977) 137 CLR 293 Kumari v Jalal [1997] 1 WLR 97; [1996] 4 All ER 65 Lamb v Lamb [1984] FLR 278 Lawson v The Queen [2011] NSWCCA 44; (2011) 206 A Crim R 557 Loury v R [2010] NSWCCA 158 Maxwell v The Queen [1996] HCA 46; (1996) 184 CLR 501 Meissner v The Queen [1995] HCA 41; (1995) 184 CLR 132 Norvenska v Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) [2007] NSWCCA 158 Pattison (Trustee), in the matter of Bell (Bankruptcy) v Bell [2007] FCA 137 Pearce v The Queen [1998] HCA 57; (1998) 194 CLR 610 Penrith City Council v 24/7 Waste Bins Pty Ltd [2002] NSWLEC 186 Piras v The Queen [2006] NSWCCA 396; (2006) 167 A Crim R 260 Pittwater Council v Brown Brothers Waste Contractors (No 4) [2013] NSWLEC 219 R v Boag (1994) 73 A Crim R 35 R v Foley [1963] NSWR 1270 R v Hura [2001] NSWCCA 61; (2001) 121 A Crim R 472 R v KCH [2001] NSWCCA 273; (2001) 124 A Crim R 233 R v Kouroumalos [2000] NSWCCA 453 R v Liberti (1991) 55 A Crim R 120 R v Marchando [2000] NSWCCA 8; (2000) 110 A Crim R 337 R v O'Neill [1979] 2 NSWLR 582 R v Parkes [2004] NSWCCA 377 R v Sagiv (1986) 22 A Crim R 73 R v Toro-Martinez [2000] NSWCCA 216; (2000) 114 A Crim R 533 Rand v Rand [2010] FamCAFC 167 Rogers v The Queen [1994] HCA 42; (1994) 181 CLR 251 Rotner v The Queen [2011] NSWCCA 207 Sauer v R [2006] NSWCCA 81 Siminton v Australia Prudential Regulation Authority (No 3) [2008] FCAFC 89; (2008) 168 FCR 140 Solicitor General v Jones [2013] EWHC 2579 (Fam) Wilkie v Blacktown City Council [2002] NSWCA 284; (2002) 121 LGERA 444 Wilkinson v Anjum [2011] EWCA Civ 1196; [2012] 1 WLR 1036 Witham v Holloway [1995] HCA 3; (1995) 183 CLR 525 Witness J A v Scott [2015] QCA 285 Wong v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2005] NSWSC 129; (2005) 155 A Crim R 37 Texts Cited: Borrie & Lowie: the Law of Contempt (4th ed) (LexisNexis, United Kingdom, 2010) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Blacktown City Council (Applicant) Misty Wilkie (First Respondent) Mark Reid (also known as Craig Floyd) (Second Respondent) Graveyard Recycling Pty Ltd (Third Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Mr P McGuire (Applicant) N/A (First Respondent) Mr P Kintominas with Ms K Longin (Second Respondent) N/A (Third Respondent)