Mark Trowell KC joins Tony Maddox property rights appeal

Mark Trowell KC and Tony Maddox Appeal

King’s Counsel Mark Trowell KC has joined the fight to overturn charges laid on Toodyay farmer Tony Maddox for repairing a creek crossing without knowing he had to apply for the Minister’s approval. Mr Maddox said he is hoping Mr Trowell’s experience will undo the precedent that could open the floodgates for hundreds of others to be charged for unknowingly breaching cultural heritage laws.

Tony Maddox

“This is a case of bureaucracy gone mad. I’m hoping Mr Trowell can help us put the whole thing to bed,
so no other West Australian landowner has to suffer the same fate,”

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