South East Forest Rescue Inc v Forestry Corporation of New South Wales (No 2)

• 1. Practice and Procedure
  2. › Standing
  3. › Special interest test
  4. › Environmental organisation seeking civil enforcement
  5. › Whether interest more than mere intellectual or emotional concern
  6. › Whether interest beyond that of public generally
  7. › Whether organisation has taken sufficient concrete steps to give effect to interest and concerns
• 1. Practice and Procedure
  2. › Standing
  3. › Statutory ouster of common law standing
  4. › Whether statutory scheme precluded private persons from bringing civil enforcement proceedings
  5. › Principle of legality
  6. › Whether clearer language required to oust common law standing
  7. › Forestry Act 2012 (NSW), ss 69SB, 69ZA
  8. › Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 (NSW), ss 13.14, 13.14A
• 1. Appeals
  2. › Appeal from Land and Environment Court
  3. › Class 4 civil enforcement proceedings
  4. › Evaluative judgment on standing
  5. › Standard of appellate review
  6. › Warren v Coombes (1979) 142 CLR 531

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