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O' Grady Plant and Haulage Ltd & Ors v London Borough of Tower Hamlets

Country/Territory
United Kingdom
Type of court
National - higher court
Date
May 27, 2011
Source
UNEP, InforMEA
Court name
Court of Appeal
Seat of court
London
Judge
Pitchford.
Reference number
[2011] EWCA Crim 1339
Language
English
Subject
Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Solid waste Food waste Organic waste Waste disposal Offences/penalties Enforcement/compliance Waste domestic sources Waste non-domestic sources
Abstract
In the present case the Court of Appeal considered various matters of statutory interpretation and criminal procedure in relation to convictions for depositing waste without a licence. In particular, the Court considered the disapplication of the requirement in section 33(1) EPA 1990 for a waste management licence; whether it was unfair to permit the indictment to plead a course of conduct; whether provision of a summary of the prosecution case to witnesses for the Crown had such an effect on proceedings that the verdicts should be treated as unsafe; excessive and improper intervention by the judge; and procedural points in relation to imposition of fines and a restraint order and costs.
Full text
COU-159745.pdf