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ARTICLE · 12 SEPTEMBER 2010
Environmental Consultant Liable for Providing "Incorrect Advice"
Clayton Utz
In a first for NSW, an environmental consulting firm, Orogen Pty Ltd, and its director have been found guilty of an offence under the National Parks and Wildlife Act. Although neither Orogen or the director actually committed the acts which led to the damage to the habitat of a threatened species (koalas), they were liable for giving incorrect advice (Gordon Plath of the NSW DECC v Fish; Gordon Plath of the DECC v Orogen Pty Ltd [2010] NSWLEC 144).
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