CRIMINAL LAW - appeal and new trial - appeal against conviction - appellant pleaded guilty - whether miscarriage of justice in circumstances where guilty plea made under apparent misunderstanding by appellant as to basis on which clearance permitted under exception for routine agricultural management activities exception
CRIMINAL LAW - appeal and new trial - admission of new evidence - whether evidence "fresh" - whether evidence would have lead to acquittal at first instance
CRIMINAL LAW - offences under the Native Vegetation Act 2003 - clearing native vegetation otherwise than in accordance with a development consent or a property vegetation plan - appeal on grounds that clearing was permitted because native vegetation was "regrowth" within meaning of section 9 of the Act or otherwise permitted under exceptions for routine agricultural management activities within meaning of section 11 of the Act
