Hawkesbury City Council v Kara-Ali (No 3) [2019] NSWLEC 55

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Hawkesbury City Council v Kara-Ali (No 3) [2019] NSWLEC 55 Hearing dates: 14 and 28 September 2018; 10, 12 and 19 October 2018; 12 and 23 November 2018; 13 and 19 December 2018; 29 January 2019; and 28 February 2019 Date of orders: 18 April 2019 Decision date: 18 April 2019 Jurisdiction: Class 4 Before: Sheahan J Decision: See orders in par [213] Catchwords: CONTEMPT: Disobedience of a series of Court orders – eventual pleas of guilty – contempt found to be contumacious – purging acknowledged by the Court – principle of totality – indemnity costs. Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 Fines Act 1996 Hawkesbury Development Control Plan State Environmental Planning Policy (Vegetation in Non-Rural Areas) 2017 Supreme Court Rules 1970 Cases Cited: ASIC v Sigalla (No 4) [2011] NSWSC 62 Attorney General for NSW v Hayden (1994) 34 NSWLR 638 Auburn Council v Czopak [No 3] [2005] NSWLEC 417 Axer Pty Ltd v Environment Protection Authority (1993) 113 LGERA 357 Blacktown City Council v Everson [2019] NSWLEC 4 Burwood Council v Ruan [2008] NSWLEC 167 Cabonne Shire Council v Environment Protection Authority [2001] NSWCCA 280; (2001) 115 LGERA 304 Chief Executive, Office of Environment & Heritage v Orica Pty Ltd; Environment Protection Authority v Orica Pty Ltd [2015] NSWLEC 109 Chief Executive, Office of Environment and Heritage v Douglas Brian Reitano (No 2) [2019] NSWLEC 39 Commissioner for Fair Trading v Partridge [2006] NSWSC 478 Darter v Diden; Darter v Yanto; Darter v Mansibu [2006] SASC 152; (2006) 94 SASR 505 Director-General of the Department of Fair Trading v Yang (2002) 132 A Crim R 438; [2002] NSWSC 754 Dowling v Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of New South Wales [2018] NSWCA 233 Eaton & Sons Pty Ltd v Warringah Shire Council (1972) 129 CLR 290; 25 LGERA 369 Environment Protection Authority v Barnes [2006] NSWCCA 246 Environment Protection Authority v Dib Hanna Abdallah Hanna [2018] NSWLEC 80 Environment Protection Authority v Waste Recycling and Processing Corporation (2006) 148 LGERA 299; [2006] NSWLEC 419 Environment Protection Authority v Whitehaven Coal Mining Limited [2019] NSWLEC 27 Gerondal v Eurobodalla Shire Council (No 6) [2011] NSWLEC 132 Hawkesbury City Council v Kara-Ali [2018] NSWLEC 105 Hawkesbury City Council v Kara-Ali (No 2) [2018] NSWLEC 129 Hili v The Queen; Jones v The Queen (2010) 242 CLR 520; [2010] HCA 45 Holroyd City Council v Khoury [2016] NSWLEC 29 Lake Macquarie City Council v Gordon [2017] NSWLEC 122 Mahdi Jahandideh v The Queen [2014] NSWCCA 178 Markarian v the Queen (2005) 228 CLR 357 Mosman Municipal Council v Kelly (No 6) [2010] NSWLEC 20 Mosman Municipal Council v Kelly (No 3) (2009) 167 LGERA 91; [2009] NSWLEC 92 Pittwater Council v Brown Brothers Waste Contractors Pty Limited (No 2) [2009] NSWLEC 210 Plath v Rawson (2009) 170 LGERA 253 Principal Registrar of the Supreme Court of NSW v Jando (2001) 53 NSWLR 527; 125 A Crim R 473; [2001] NSWSC 969 R v Alou (No 4) [2018] NSWSC 221 R v Holder; R v Johnston [1983] 3 NSWLR 245 R v Olbrich [1999] HCA 54; (1999) 199 CLR 270 R v Oliver (1980) 7 A Crim R 174 R v Rahme (1989) 43 A Crim R 81 R v Thomson, R v Houlton (2000) 49 NSWLR 383; [2000] NSWCCA 309 R v Visconti [1982] 2 NSWLR 104 R v Wickham [2004] NSWCCA 193 Randwick City Council v Kara-Ali [2015] NSWLEC 5 Secretary, Department of Planning and Environment v SingTel Optus Pty Ltd [2019] NSWLEC 44 Witham v Holloway (1995) 183 CLR 525 Wood v Staunton (No 5) (1996) 86 A Crim R 183 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Hawkesbury City Council (Prosecutor) Mustapha Kara-Ali (First Respondent/Defendant) Diaa Kara-Ali (Second Respondent/Defendant) Southern Chariot Stud Pty Ltd (Third Respondent/Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Ms J Walker, barrister (Prosecutor) Dr S Berveling, barrister (Respondents/Defendants – from 13 December 2018)