The Wilderness Society of WA (Inc) v Minister for Environment
COURT OR TRIBUNAL
Supreme Court of Western Australia
DATE FILED (OR FIRST HEARING DATE)
16/07/2012
LITIGATION TYPE
Project Approval - Mitigation
SUBJECT MATTER
Other
REVIEW TYPE
Judicial review
SUMMARY
This case concerned the validity of three administrative decisions, made in relation to a proposal by the Minister to establish a precinct for processing liquefied natural gas, at James Price Point. The Court held that a number of the proposed grounds for invalidity were not valid. However, the Court ultimately held all three decisions to be invalid. This was based on findings that there was no valid assessment of the proposal. In turn, that finding regarding the assessment was made on the basis that the assessment was agreed upon by individuals who had pecuniary interests in the proposals, and thus should have been disqualified from the assessment-making process. As the assessment was invalid, all decisions, including the three at issue in this hearing, that stemmed from the assessment were invalid.
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