Prosecution :- whether trees felled in breach of Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 - whether defence of honest and reasonable mistake of fact available because felling of trees ancillary to agriculture
Prosecution :- whether vicarious liability of the defendants established through direct authorisation of the acts of the subcontractor in felling trees - whether defendant director liable for acts of corporate defendant because he was "heart, mind and will" of company
Case Details
Citation[2008] NSWLEC 138
CourtNSWLEC
JurisdictionNew South Wales
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