I don't remember all the details, but CASA took action against both a pilot and an aero club instructor, when it was determined that the pilot had rung the club at his destination, asked about the weather, and departed as planned on the basis of the "illegal observation"
When questioning (company was insistent that all legal boxes be ticked) an FOI about an organisations failure to base its operations on formal weather reports, as required by regs, was told all you need to do is ring "Joe" and ask him to look out the window.