Suspended sentence and conviction recorded for violation of enforcement order

In brief - Contempt of court for failure to comply with court's enforcement order

Brisbane City Council has successfully applied to the Planning and Environment Court seeking punishment for contempt against an individual and two companies. The court found in Brisbane City Council v John Alexander Bowman and Ors [2013] QPEC 62 that Mr Bowman and the two companies had failed to comply with an enforcement order made by the court in an earlier enforcement proceeding.

Court was satisfied that a development offence had been committed or would be committed unless restrained

On 19 March 2012 the council commenced an enforcement proceeding in the court against Mr Bowman and the two companies seeking declarations and enforcement orders for unlawful use of the premises (warehouse, industry, office and display and sale activities) and for carrying out assessable development (operational works - filling) without an effective development permit for that use and that