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Booth v. Yardley & Anor

País/Territorio
Australia
Tipo de la corte
Nacional - corte superior
Fecha
Nov 30, 2006
Fuente
UNEP, InforMEA
Nombre del tribunal
Planning and Environment Court of Queensland
Sede de la corte
Brisbane
Juez
Wilson A.
Número de referencia
[2006] QPEC 119
Idioma
Inglés
Materia
Agricultura y desarrollo rural, Cultivos, Alimentación y nutrición, Especies silvestres y ecosistemas
Resumen

The applicant, Dr Carol Booth, was a bat conservationist.

The respondent, Dick Yardley, was a fruit grower. Yardley installed electric grids on his property so as to electrocute flying-foxes and protect his crops.

Despite this method of crop protection being unlawful, no action by the government was taken against Yardley. In absence of a government prosecution, Booth brought an action and sought to:

Restrain the use of the electric grids;
Require dismantlement of the grids;
Require a financial contribution by the Yardley's for the rehabilitation of flying-foxes. 

Ultimately, the Court found that Yardley had breached the law in operating electric grids and was likely to continue using the grids unless restrained. On this basis, the Court ordered that the grids be dismantled within 3 months.   

 

(Contribution:  Case provided by Charley Xu from the Queensland University of Technology)

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