Lochiel South Pty Ltd v NSW Department of Trade and Investment, Regional Infrastructure and Services: Lavalle v NSW Department of Trade and Investment, Regional Infrastructure and Services [2019] NSWDC 22

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Lochiel South Pty Ltd v NSW Department of Trade and Investment, Regional Infrastructure and Services: Lavalle v NSW Department of Trade and Investment, Regional Infrastructure and Services [2019] NSWDC 22 Hearing dates: 24 September 2018, 25 September 2018, 26 September 2018, 27 September 2018 Date of orders: 22 February 2019 Decision date: 22 February 2019 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Haesler SC DCJ Decision: Lochiel South Pty Ltd Conviction Appeal dismissed. Sentence appeal dismissed - all orders of Local Court confirmed. Appeal against Costs order - appeal dismissed - all orders of Local Court confirmed. Appeal against Forfeiture order- appeal dismissed - all orders of Local Court confirmed. Tory Lavalle Conviction Appeal dismissed. Sentence appeal dismissed - all orders of Local Court confirmed. Appeal against Costs order - appeal dismissed - all orders of Local Court confirmed. Catchwords: SENTENCE APPEAL – Fisheries prosecution – Eastern rock lobster a premium table species – breaches by nominated fisher of Fisheries Management Plan – fisher – strict liability of employer – imputed liability – specific offences by employer shareholder – honest and reasonable mistake – proof of honest and reasonable mistake – imputations from answers to questions – statutory requirement of shareholder to answer questions and provide documents – contravention of Management Plan proved – sale of untagged Eastern rock lobster – shareholder knowingly permit contravention proved – review of sentence – fines – accumulation – statutory limit – maximum fine­ – share management fishery – costs – forfeiture orders. APPEAL AND REVIEW – Error by Magistrate asserted – submissions not made in Local Court – concessions made in Local Court now withdrawn – no issue estoppel – prosecutor's obligations – evidence on sentence not admissible in conviction appeal. ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING – regulation of commercial fishing – contravention of regulation – obligations of shareholder in share management plan – forfeiture of shares. WORDS OR PHRASE – fishery – share management Plan – shareholder – knowingly permit. Legislation Cited: Crimes (Appeal and Review) Act 2001 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Criminal Procedure Act 1986 District Court Act 1973 Evidence Act 1995 Fisheries Management Act 1994 Fisheries Management (General) Regulation 2010 Fisheries Management (Lobster Share Management Plan) Regulation 2000 Cases Cited: Andrew v Ardler [2012] NSWSC 845 Australian Building and Construction Commissioner v Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union [2017] FCAFC 113; 254 FCR 68 Boujaoude v R [2008] NSWCCA 35 Charara v R (2006) 164 A Crim R 39 CTM v The Queen [2008] HCA 25; (2008) 236 CLR 440 Director of Public Prosecutions v AG (NSW) [2015] NSWCA 218 Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) v Mawad [2015] NSWCCA 227 Doja v R [2009] NSW CCA 303 DPP v Barnes [2006] NSW CCA 246 Dyason v Butterworth [2015] NSWCA 52 Engelbrecht v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2016] NSWCA 290 Fox v Percy (2003) 214 CLR 118 Gianoutis v Glykis (2006) 65 NSWLR 539 Hardt v Environmental Protection Authority [2007] NSWCCA 338 He Kaw The v The Queen [1985] HCA 43; (1985) 157 CLR 52 Hillier v The Queen (2007) 228 CLR 618 Ignatov v R [2018] NSWCCA 217 Johnson v The Queen (2004) 78 ALJ R 616 JT v R [2012] NSWCCA 133 Knaggs v R [2007] NSWCCA 83 Markarian v The Queen (2005) CLR 357 Mill v The Queen [1988] HCA 70; 166 CLR 59 Mousell Brothers Ltd v London and North-Western Railway: Co; The King and The Minister for Customs v Australasian Films and Another (1921) 29 CLR 195 NSW Department of Trade and Investment, Regional Infrastructure and Services v Pasquale Brancatisano, Seacliff Functions Pty Ltd, Lochiel South Pty Ltd, Tory Lavalle and Emanuel Efstathiadis, Local Court NSW, 15 September 2017, unreported, Magistrate Williams Olbrich v The Queen (1999) 199 CLR 270 Ostrowski v Palmer [2004] HCA; (2005) 218 CLR 493 Parker v DPP (1992) 28 NSWLR 282 Pasquale Brancatisano v The NSW Department of Trade and Investment, Regional Infrastructure and Services [2018] NSW DC 333 Pearce v The Queen (1998) 194 CLR 610 Presidential Security Services of Australia Pty Ltd v Brilley [2008] NSWCA 204 Prodanovski v Andrews [2017] NSWCCA 230 Prodanovski v The NSW Department of Trade and Investment, Regional Infrastructure and Services [2017] NSW DC 73 Proudman v Daymon [1941] HCA 28; (1941) 67 CLR 536 R v Doan [2000] NSWCCA 71 R v Janceski [2005] NSWCCA 281; (2005) 64 NSWLR 10 R v Longshaw (1990) 20 NSWLR 554 R v Qutami [2001] NSWCCA 353 Sault Ste Marie [1978] 2 SCR 1299 The Queen v Baden-Clay (2016) HCA 16; (2016) 258 CLR 308 Tiger Nominees Pty Ltd v State Pollution Control Commission (1992) 25 NSWLR 715 Vickers Pty Ltd v Australian Direct Mail Advertising and Addressing Co, Pty Ltd (1975) 133 CLR 72 Walker & Sons (Hauliers) v Environment Agency [2014] EWCA Crim 100 Weissensteiner v. The Queen [1993] HCA 65; (1993) 178 CLR 217 Zreika v R [2012] NSWCCA 44 Texts Cited: Cross on Evidence, 8th ed. J D Heydon, (2010) LexisNexis Butterworths Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll Category: Principal judgment Parties: Lochiel South Pty Limited (Appellant) Tory Lavalle (Appellant) NSW Department of Trade and Investment, Regional Infrastructure and Services (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Mr D Campbell SC (for the Appellants) Mr K Averre (for the NSW Department of Trade and Investment, Regional Infrastructure and Services)