Fairfield City Council v Camilleri [2019] NSWLEC 95

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Fairfield City Council v Camilleri [2019] NSWLEC 95 Hearing dates: 4 and 9 October 2018; 22, 27, 28 and 29 November 2018; 19 February 2019; 13 March 2019; 2 April 2019; 18 April 2019; 23 May 2019; 6 June 2019 (chambers); 25 June 2019 Date of orders: 05 July 2019 Decision date: 05 July 2019 Jurisdiction: Class 4 Before: Sheahan J Decision: See orders in par [169] Catchwords: CONTEMPT: Disobedience of a series of orders of the Court to which the contemnor consented – pleas of guilty – failure to purge contempt, despite undertakings to the Court, and extensions of time – sequestration of the contemnor's estate to ensure total compliance – fine – costs – indemnity costs. Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Mental Health Act 2007 Mental Health (Forensic Provisions) Act 1990 Supreme Court Rules 1970 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 Cases Cited: Blacktown City Council v Everson [2019] NSWLEC 4 Burwood Council v Ruan [2008] NSWLEC 167 Commissioner for Fair Trading v Partridge [2006] NSWSC 478 Dowling v Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of New South Wales [2018] NSWCA 340 Duncan-Strelec v Tate [2009] NSWSC 112 Hawkesbury City Council v Kara-Ali (No 3) [2019] NSWLEC 55 Liverpool City Council v Baric [1990] NSWLEC 11 Markarian v the Queen (2005) 228 CLR 357 Mosman Municipal Council v Kelly (No 3) (2009) 167 LGERA 91; [2009] NSWLEC 92 Mudginberri Station Pty Ltd v Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union (1985) 61 ALR 291 Pittwater Council v Brown Brothers Waste Contractors Pty Limited (No 2) [2009] NSWLEC 210 Principal Registrar of the Supreme Court of NSW v Jando (2001) 53 NSWLR 527; 125 A Crim R 473; [2001] NSWSC 969 R v Olbrich [1999] HCA 54; (1999) 199 CLR 270 R v Wickham [2004] NSWCCA 193 Secretary, Department of Planning and Environment v SingTel Optus Pty Ltd [2019] NSWLEC 44 TJ and RF Fordham Pty Ltd v Starhill Property Group Pty Ltd [2017] NSWSC 240 Waverley Council v Tovir Investments Pty Ltd & Rappaport (No 4) [2013] NSWLEC 88 Witham v Holloway (1995) 183 CLR 525; [1995] HCA 3 Wood v Staunton (No 5) (1996) 86 A Crim R 183 Blacktown City Council v Nitopi [2019] NSWLEC 40 Environment Protection Authority v Whitehaven Coal Mining Limited [2019] NSWLEC 27 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Fairfield City Council (Applicant/Prosecutor) Saviour Camilleri (Respondent/Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr A J J Thompson, solicitor, with (November 2018) Mr P Brazier, solicitor; (on 2 April 2019 and 25 June 2019) Mr J Ritchie, solicitor (Applicant/Prosecutor) Mr C Bolger, barrister; (on 2 April 2019) Mr B Jones, barrister (Respondent/Defendant)