PRESENTING EVIDENCE
TASK 4 – SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE IN COURT 2
Outline
Being able to pick out the important aspects of a lengthy document is an important skill. It is
also essential that you can assemble this information in an orderly way.
You are required to read through a ruling from the NSW Land and Environment Court and
prepare a timeline of the events. This means putting all events, actions, observations
and measurements into the time sequence in which they occurred, and briefly summarising
each “event”. It is not necessary to include numerical details.
The case is from 2010 and the defendant (polluter) is Centennial Newstan Pty Ltd. You are
required to find the judge’s ruling yourself, from the website www.austlii.edu.au.
Points: 5
Must be submitted within one week – no late submissions accepted.