Pappin v Balranald Local Aboriginal Land Council [2001] NSWLEC 53

Reported Decision : (2001) 113 LGERA 240

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Pappin v Balranald Local Aboriginal Land Council [2001] NSWLEC 53 APPLICANT Pappin PARTIES : RESPONDENT Balranald Local Aboriginal Land Council FILE NUMBER(S) : 40154 of 2000 CORAM: Cowdroy J KEY ISSUES: Aboriginal :- powers of aboriginal land council to acquire land subject to conditions - applicant claiming land acquired by aboriginal council was held subject to a condition - application for summary dismissal - claim not futile - application dismissed LEGISLATION CITED: Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 s 38 Birmingham v Corrective Services Commission of NSW (1988) 15 NSWLR 292 ; Brimson v Rocla Concrete Pipes Ltd [1982] 2 NSWLR 937 ; Bayne v Riggall (1906) 6 CLR 382 ; Cooper Brookes (Wollongong) Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation (Cth) (1981) 147 CLR 297 ; CASES CITED: Dey v Victorian Railways Commissioners (1949) 78 CLR 62 ; New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council v Worimi Local Aboriginal Land Council (1994) 84 LGERA 188 ; Peter Kent Development Pty Ltd v Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd (unreported, Hunt J, Supreme Court NSW CL No 16824/79); Tokyo Mart Pty Ltd v Campbell (1988) 15 NSWLR 275 ; Wentworth Securities Ltd v Jones [1980] AC 74 DATES OF HEARING: 29/11/00 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 01/30/2001

APPLICANT Mr M Dengate (Agent)