CONTEMPT — civil contempt — charges of failing to obey consent orders restraining respondents from causing or permitting the use of certain premises for the purpose of backpackers accommodation as defined in the Waverley Local Environmental Plan 1996 — construction of the definitions of "backpackers accommodation" and "temporary accommodation" — consideration of evidence and proof in contempt cases and the distinction between civil and criminal contempt — consideration of the nature and proof of circumstantial evidence — whether buildings were used for the purpose of providing backpackers accommodation as defined — if so, whether the corporate first respondent caused and permitted that use and the second respondent caused it -meaning of "causing" and "permitting" — consideration of attribution of conduct of a person to a corporation in a civil contempt case.
Case Details
Citation[2013] NSWLEC 35
CourtNSWLEC
JurisdictionNew South Wales
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