Bridgetown-Greenbushes Friends of the Forest Inc v Executive Director of the Department of Conservation & Land Management

Judgment date: 17/06/1997
Court: WASC
Judge: Murray, Scott and Templeman JJ
Citation: (1997) 18 WAR 126; (1997) 94 LGERA 380; BC9702684;
Catchwords: Environment;  Conservation;  Logging of forests;  Action against crown for illegally conducting logging in forests;  

Practice and procedure;  Locus standi;  Standing to sue to enforce public right or interest;  Whether plaintiff had special interest in subject matter of action;  

Public administration;  Crown immunities;  Whether Crown bound by statute;  Wildlife Conservation Act 1950 (WA);  

Administrative law;  Natural justice;  Legitimate expectations;  Where plaintiff pleaded that its members had legitimate expectation;