Australia, Aug. 26 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on July 25:
1. In 2018, the plaintiff was charged with knowingly give false information to a public authority contrary to s 307B(1) of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), with a backup charge of failure by a responsible person to disclose driver's details contrary to s 177(1) of the Road Transport Act 2013 (NSW). The plaintiff pleaded not guilty to those charges. A trial, interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, took place at Parkes on 16 February 2021 and 17 February 2021, via AVL at Sydney on 17 November 2021, and at Parkes on 19 October 2022 and 1 November 2022. On 20 February 2023, her Honour McCarron LCM dismissed the charges. An application wa...