Georges River Council v Mifsud [2017] NSWLEC 113

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Georges River Council v Mifsud [2017] NSWLEC 113 Hearing dates: 26 July 2017 Date of orders: 01 September 2017 Decision date: 01 September 2017 Jurisdiction: Class 4 Before: Pain J Decision: See par 51 Catchwords: CONTEMPT – charge of contempt of court for failing to comply with orders to remove articles from land – sentencing – early plea of guilty – suspension of weekly penalty for a period to enable purging of contempt Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 ss 3A, 21A Fines Act 1996 ss 7, 10 Land and Environment Rules 2007 r 6.3 Supreme Court Rules 1970 Pt 55 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 r 40.7 Cases Cited: Canterbury City Council v Ali Ahmed [2016] NSWLEC 160 Canterbury City Council v Mihalopoulos [2012] NSWLEC 72 Hutley v Cosco [2016] NSWLEC 15 Latoudis v Casey (1990) 170 CLR 534; [1990] HCA 59 Owners Strata Plan 37762 v Pham (No 2) [2007] NSWLEC 306 Pelechowski v Registrar of the Court of Appeal (1999) 198 CLR 435; [1999] HCA 19 Queanbeyan City Council v Pre-Cast Concrete Solutions Pty Ltd [2008] NSWLEC 147 Waverley Council v Tovir Investments Pty Ltd & Rappaport (No 4) [2013] NSWLEC 88 Wood v Staunton (No 5) (1996) 86 A Crim R 183 Category: Sentence Parties: Georges River Council (Applicant) Emanuel Mifsud (Respondent) Representation: COUNSEL: M Astill (Applicant) In person (Respondent)