Halloran and Others v Minister Administering the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 [2003] NSWLEC 171

> Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Halloran and Others v Minister Administering the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 [2003] NSWLEC 171 APPLICANTS Warren Halloran Sealark Pty Limited PARTIES : Companies in the Schedule of Ownership

RESPONDENT Minister Administering the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 FILE NUMBER(S) : 30282 of 1998 CORAM: Talbot J KEY ISSUES: Res Judicata :- issue estoppel - application to re-litigate after interlocutory judgment Corporations Law s 411(4), s 413, s 576, s 1336 LEGISLATION CITED: Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 s 37 Real Property Act 1900 s 43A Barry v Heider and Another (1914) 19 CLR 197; Bass and Another v Permanent Trustee Company Limited and Others (1999) 198 CLR 334; Blair and Others v Curran and Others (1939) 62 CLR 464; David Grant & Co Pty Limited (Receiver Appointed) v Westpac Banking Corporation (1995) 184 CLR 265; Fidelitas Shipping Co Ltd v V/O Exportchelb [1966] 1 QB 630; Halloran and Sealark Pty Ltd and Ors v Minister Administering National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 [2003] NSWLEC 69, unreported; CASES CITED: Halloran and Sealark Pty Ltd and Ors v Minister Administering National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 (1999) 105 LGERA 405; Henderson v Henderson (1843) 3 Hare 100; Hoystead v Commissioner of Taxation [1926] AC 155; Johnson v Gore Wood & Co [2001] 2 WLR 72; Kok Hoong v Leong Cheong Kweng Mines Ltd [1964]AC 993; Port of Melbourne Authority v Anshun Proprietary Limited (1981) 147 CLR 589; St Vincent City & Suburbs Pty Limited v The Corporations Law (Beaumont J, NG268/1997, unreported); Yat Tung Investment Co Ltd v Dao Heng Bank Ltd [1975] AC 581 DATES OF HEARING: 08/07/2003 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 07/17/2003