Case Note: Macquarie Generation v Hodgson [2011] NSWCA 424

Is there a general duty of law to take reasonable care to reduce the level of emissions harmful to the environment, including greenhouse gas emissions that may not traditionally have been regarded as pollutants? In essence, this was the issue at stake in the Macquarie Generation litigation that was finally determined in November 2011 by the NSW Court of Appeal (NSWCA) decision in Macquarie Generation v Hodgson.

Keywords: Environmental law, emissions control, New South Wales Court of Appeal

Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation

Gardner, Alex W. and Lee, Jessica, Case Note: Macquarie Generation v Hodgson [2011] NSWCA 424 (November 17, 2012). Australian Environment Review, September 2012, pp. 321-324, UWA Faculty of Law Research Paper 2012-06, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2177411 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2177411