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Report containing defamatory information considered by Supreme Court | Update September 2010

September 2010
PDF – 607KB

Chetwynd v Armidale Dumaresq Council [2010] NSWSC 690 considered whether the publication of a Code of Conduct Committee report finding that Councillor Chetwynd had breached Council’s adopted Code of Conduct  was defamatory.

Tags: planning & environment, publica law

Can a consultant be liable for an environmental offence due to a failure to advise?: Update September [...]

September 2010
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Normally regulatory authorities require land owners, occupiers and people carrying out works to ensure compliance with environmental laws.  Usually "I did not know"  or "I didn't intend this to happen" is not a defence.  This is one aspect of what the law knows as "strict liability".

Tags: planning & environment, public law
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