Compendium of Judicial Decisions on Matters Related to

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I INTRODUCTION..1

II BACKGROUND TO ENVIRONMENTAL LITIGATION ..3

1. The Legal Basis of Civil Action.3

2. Judicial Review .3

(a) Judicial review as a statutory remedy ..4

(b) Judicial review as a common law remedy .4

3. Action in private law ..4

(a) Trespass ..4

(b) Nuisance .4

(c) Strict Liability: the Rule in Rylands v Fletcher ..4

(d) Negligence .5

4. The Remedies .5

5. The protection of the riparian owner's right to water.5

III BACKGROUND TO CIVIL LAW SYSTEMS 7

1. An Example of a Civil Law Judicial System: The French Judicial System7

2. Jurisdiction in the French Civil Law System..9

3. French Case Law and Environmental Liability .9

IV THEMATIC ARRANGEMENT OF JUDICIAL DECISIONS .12

A Overview 12

B Texts..25

1 PLANNING CONTROL .27

i. Summers v The Far North District Council, 1998, (New Zealand) .28

ii. National Association of Professional Environmentalists v AES Nile Power Ltd, 1999, (Uganda).48



iii. Bulankulama v The Secretary, Ministry of Industrial Development, 1999, (Sri Lanka) ..54

iv. Save the Vaal v The Director Mineral Development Gauteng Region, 1997, (South Africa) .. 82

v. Paykel v the Northland Regional Council, 1999, (New Zealand).88

vi. Farooque and Sekandar Ali Mondol v Bangladesh, (Bangladesh).112

vii. Ravensdown Fertilizer Co-op Ltd & Smith v Otago Regional Council, 1999, (New Zealand) .128

2 POLICE POWER AND COMPULSORY ACQUISITION IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT..163



viii. Just v Marinette County (USA) 164

ix. Hatton v The Far North District Council, 1998, (New Zealand).174

x. Daroux v The Minister of Lands, 1999, (New Zealand) .184

3 THE PLACE OF CULTURE IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT . .195

xi. Kotuku Parks Ltd v The Kapiti Coast District Council (New Zealand) .196

xii. Robert Te Kotahi Mahuta v The Waikato Regional Council and Anchor Products Ltd, (New

Zealand) ..214

xiii. In Contact Energy Ltd v Waikato Regional Council, (New Zealand) ..248

xiv. H Te M Parata v The Northland Regional Council, (New Zealand) .286

xv. Yanner v Eaton [1999] HCA 53 (7 October 1999), (Australia)310

xvi. Attorney General v Lahoy Akonaay, (Tanzania) .340