Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Champion v State of Western Australia (No 2) [2011] FCA 345 Citation: Champion v State of Western Australia (No 2) [2011] FCA 345
Parties: BRIAN CHAMPION & ORS v STATE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA & ORS
File number: WAD 6216 of 1998
Judge: MCKERRACHER J
Date of judgment: 12 April 2011
Catchwords: NATIVE TITLE - Court's discretionary power to dismiss an application on its own motion where application has failed registration test
Legislation: Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) ss 190C(2), 190C(4), 190F(6) Transitional Provisions to the Native Title Amendment Act 2007 Item 90
Cases cited: Champion v State of Western Australia [2009] FCA 1141 George v Queensland [2008] FCA 1518 Risk v National Native Title Tribunal [2000] FCA 1589 Strickland v Western Australia [2010] FCA 272
Date of hearing: 30 March 2011
Place: Perth
Division: GENERAL DIVISION
Category: Catchwords
Number of paragraphs: 18
Counsel for the Applicant: The Applicant did not appear
Counsel for the State of Western Australia: T Creewel
Solicitor for the State of Western Australia: State Solicitors Office
Counsel for the Commonwealth of Australia: A Gerrard
Solicitor for the Commonwealth of Australia: Australian Government Solicitor
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