Port Macquarie-Hastings Council v Mansfield [2018] NSWLEC 107

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Port Macquarie-Hastings Council v Mansfield [2018] NSWLEC 107 Hearing dates: 6 April 2018, 2 May 2018, 31 May 2018 Date of orders: 16 July 2018 Decision date: 16 July 2018 Jurisdiction: Class 5 Before: Sheahan J Decision: See paragraph [328] Catchwords: SUBPOENA: Application to set aside subpoenas to two companies on several grounds – whether they inappropriately rely on information obtained by the tainted use of a coercive investigation power – legitimate forensic purpose – abuse of process – ulterior purpose – other subsidiary objections. Legislation Cited: Criminal Procedure Act 1986 Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment Act 2014 Evidence Act 1995 Interpretation Act 1987 Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Amendment Act 2016 Listening Devices Act 1984 Local Government Act 1993 Port Macquarie-Hastings Local Environmental Plan 2011 Roads Act 1993 Supreme Court Rules 1970 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 Cases Cited: Air Canada v Secretary of State for Trade (No 2) [1983] 2 AC 394 Alexandria Landfill Pty Ltd v Roads and Maritime Services; Boiling Pty Limited v Roads and Maritime Services (No 3) [2017] NSWLEC 183 Alister v The Queen (1984) 154 CLR 404 Associated Dominions Assurance Society Pty Ltd v John Fairfax & Sons Pty Ltd (1952) 72 WN (NSW) 250 Attorney General (NSW) v Chidgey (2008) 182 A Crim R 536; [2008] NSWCCA 65 Australian Building and Construction Commissioner v Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union & Drs (No 3) [2018] FCCA 34 Azar Building and Construction Services Pty Ltd v Transport Infrastructure Development Corporation [2010] NSWLEC 110 Batistatos v Roads and Traffic Authority (NSW) (2006) 226 CLR 256; [2006] HCA 27 Bunning v Cross (1978) 141 CLR 54 Carroll v Attorney – General (NSW) (1993) 70 A Crim R 162 Commissioner for Railways v Small (1938) 38 SR (NSW) 564 Commonwealth of Australia v Randwick City Council [2000] NSWLEC 171 Crane v Insurance Australia Limited trading as NRMA Insurance [2014] NSWDC 218 Desane Properties Pty Ltd v State of New South Wales [2018] NSWSC 553 Environment Protection Authority v Truegain Pty Ltd [2013] NSWCCA 204 Ku-ring-gai Council v Chia [2018] NSWLEC 40 Lowery v Insurance Australia Ltd [2015] NSWCA 303 Maddison v Goldrick [1976] 1 NSWLR 651 National Employers' Mutual General Association Ltd v Waind and Hill; Waind and Hill v National Employers' Mutual General Association Ltd [1978] 1 NSWLR 372 Ridgeway v the Queen (1995) 184 CLR 19 R v Ali Tastan (1994) 75 A Crim R 498 R v Saleam (1989) 16 NSWLR 14 R v Saleam [1999] NSWCCA 86 R v Seller [2013] NSWCCA 42 Rogers v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 251 Samrein Pty Ltd v Metropolitan Water Sewerage and Drainage Board (1982) 41 ALR 467 Southern Pacific Hotel Services Inc v Southern Pacific Hotel Corporation [1984] 1 NSWLR 710 The Melbourne Steamship Company Ltd v Moorehead (1912) 15 CLR 333 Thompson v Randwick Municipal Council (1950) 81 CLR 87 Walton v Gardiner (1993) 177 CLR 378 Williams v Spautz (1992) 174 CLR 509 Wingecarribee Shire Council v O'Shanassy (No 2) [2014] NSWLEC 32 Young v King (No 3) [2012] NSWLEC 42 Zhang v Woodgate and Lane Cove Council (2015) 208 LGERA 1; [2015] NSWLEC 10 Texts Cited: Mark Aronson and Matthew Groves, Judicial Review of Administrative Action (5th ed, 2013, and 6th ed, 2017, Lawbook Co.) Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Port Macquarie-Hastings Council (Prosecutor) Paul Scott Mansfield (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr R O'Gorman-Hughes (Prosecutor) Mr C Ireland (Defendant)