Kogolo v State of Western Australia [2011] FCA 1481

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Kogolo v State of Western Australia [2011] FCA 1481 Citation: Kogolo v State of Western Australia [2011] FCA 1481

Parties: ANNETTE KOGOLO v STATE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA & ORS

File number: WAD 6077 of 1998

Judge: GILMOUR J

Date of judgment: 15 December 2011

Catchwords: NATIVE TITLE– applicant seeks order that Notice of Discontinuance be set aside insofar as it applies to an area of land – respondent consents to proposed order – whether the Notice of Discontinuance should be set aside – whether the act constituting the Discontinuance was a nullity by reason of fraud or mistake – whether the Discontinuance should be set aside to prevent injustice

Legislation: Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) s 47B

Cases cited: Applicant A26 of 2002 v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs [2003] FCA 1050 Applicant NACT of 2001 v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs [2004] FCA 316 Christodoulou v Disney Enterprises Inc [2006] FCAFC 183 Kogolo v State of Western Australia [2007] FCA 1703 Moses v State of Western Australia [2007] FCAFC 78 NACU of 2001 v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs [2004] FCA 1444 R v Essex Quarter Sessions Appeals Committee, Ex parte Larkin [1961] 3 All ER 930 R v Medway [1976] 1 All ER 527 R v Moore [1957] 2 All ER 703 Western Australia v Ward (2002) 213 CLR 1