Ward v State of Western Australia [1999] FCA 580

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Ward v State of Western Australia [1999] FCA 580 COSTS – application for costs of native title determination proceedings by successful native title party – discretion of Court to award costs – whether s 85A of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) limited the Court's discretion – proper construction of s 85A – apportionment of costs.

Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) s 117 Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) ss 5, 43, 43(1) Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) s 64 Native Title Amendment Act 1998 (Cth) ss 85A, 85A(1), 85A(2) Workplace Relations Act 1996 (Cth) ss 170CS, 347 The Constitution s 71 Quick R, Quick on Costs(North Ryde, NSW: LBC Information Services, 1996) Ward v State of Western Australia (1998) 159 ALR 483 referred to Harris v Caladine (1991)172 CLR 84 cited Wardley v Western Australia (1992) 175 CLR 514 cited R v Forbes; ex parte Bevan (1972) 127 CLR 1 cited R v Ross-Jones; ex parte Green (1984) 156 CLR 185 cited Myers v Elman [1940] AC 282 cited Edwards v Edwards [1958] P 235 cited Mauroux v Soc Com Abel Pereira Da Fonseca SARL [1972] 1 WLR 962 cited Davy-Chiesman v Davy-Chiesman [1984] 2 WLR 291 cited Caboolture Park Shopping Centre Pty Ltd (in liq) v White Industries (Qld) Pty Ltd (1993) 45 FCR 224 cited R v Bennett (1902) 5 CCC 465 cited Re Bombay Civil Fund Act, 1882 (1888) 39 Ch D 300 cited Grys v Sewell and Jaffary (1972) 1 OR 864 cited Stewart v Waterloo Mutual Insurance Co [1977] 3 CPC 236 cited Singh v Singh (1992) 10 CPC (3d) 42 cited Knight v FP Special Assets (1992) 174 CLR 178 cited R v Jones (1894) 2 QB 382 cited Oshlack v Richmond River Council (1998) 72 ALJR 578 cited Penfold v Penfold (1980) 144 CLR 311 cited Mallet v Mallet (1984) 156 CLR 605 cited In the Marriage of Collins (1985) 75 FLR 84 cited In Marriage of I [No 2] (1995) 125 FLR 332 cited In Marriage of McAlpin (1993) 114 FLR 452 cited Heidt v Chrysler Australia Ltd (1976) 26 FLR 257 cited Thompson v Hodder (1989) 21 FCR 467 cited Hatchett v Bowater Tutt Industries Pty Ltd (No 2) (1991) 28 FCR 324 cited Yarmirr v The Northern Territory of Australia [1998] FCA 1185 referred to Galvin v The Forests Commission of Victoria [1939] VLR 284 cited Botany City Council v Minister for Transport [1999] FCA 65 cited Northern Territory of Australia v Lane; State of Western Australia v Lane (1995) 138 ALR 544 referred to The Northern Territory of Australia v Lane (O'Loughlin J, unreported, 14 June 1996 – Judgment No 465)referred to