Yarmirr v Northern Territory [2000] FCA 48

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Yarmirr v The Northern Territory [2000] FCA 48

APPELLATE PROCEDURE – application to re-open part of appeal. Duralla Pty Ltd v Plant (1984) 2 FCR 342, foll.

MARY YARMIRR & ORS V THE NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA, THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA, PASPALEY PEARLS, FISHING INDUSTRY COUNCIL INC, OCEAN TRAWLER PTY LTD, SHINE FISHERIES PTY LTD, MG KAILIS GULF FISHERIES PTY LTD, PAVALINA HENWOOD AND

ARNHEM LAND ABORIGINAL LAND TRUST DG 6006 OF 1998 JUDGES: BEAUMONT, VON DOUSSA & MERKEL JJ DATE: 3 FEBRUARY 2000 PLACE: SYDNEY

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

NORTHERN TERRITORY DISTRICT REGISTRY DG 6006 OF 1998

BETWEEN: MARY YARMIRR AND OTHERS

APPELLANTS

AND: THE NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA

FIRST RESPONDENT

THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

SECOND RESPONDENT

PASPALEY PEARLS

THIRD RESPONDENT

FISHING INDUSTRY COUNCIL INC

FOURTH RESPONDENT

OCEAN TRAWLER PTY LTD

FIFTH RESPONDENT

SHINE FISHERIES PTY LTD

SIXTH RESPONDENT

MG KAILIS GULF FISHERIES PTY LTD

SEVENTH RESPONDENT

PAVALINA HENWOOD

EIGHTH RESPONDENT

ARNHEM LAND ABORIGINAL LAND TRUST

NINTH RESPONDENT JUDGES: BEAUMONT, VON DOUSSA & MERKEL JJ

DATE OF ORDER: 3 FEBRUARY 2000

WHERE MADE: SYDNEY

THE COURT ORDERS THAT: 1. No order on the notice of motion. 2. Liberty reserved to any party to apply for costs of the motion by written submissions filed and served within twenty-one days. Note: Settlement and entry of orders is dealt with in Order 36 of the Federal Court Rules.

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

NORTHERN TERRITORY DISTRICT REGISTRY DG 6006 OF 1998