Laurie v New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council & Ors; New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council v Laurie & Ors (No 2) [2009] NSWLEC 73

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Laurie v New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council & Ors; New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council v Laurie & Ors (No 2) [2009] NSWLEC 73

APPLICANT/FIRST CROSS-DEFENDANT Patricia Helen Laurie FIRST RESPONDENT/CROSS-CLAIMANT New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council PARTIES : SECOND RESPONDENT Registrar, Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 SECOND CROSS-DEFENDANT Brian Decelis THIRD CROSS-DEFENDANT Electoral Commissioner for New South Wales

FILE NUMBER(S) : 40616 of 2008

CORAM: Pain J

KEY ISSUES: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE :- whether Court should attempt to resolve all issues in dispute between the parties

Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 s 132(2) LEGISLATION CITED: Land and Environment Court Act 1979 s 22 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 r 14.14

CASES CITED: Laurie v New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council & Ors; New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council v Laurie & Ors [2009] NSWLEC 58 National Parks and Wildlife Service and Anor v Stables Perisher Pty Ltd (1990) 20 NSWLR 573

DATES OF HEARING: 11 May 2009

DATE OF JUDGMENT: 13 May 2009

APPLICANT/FIRST CROSS-DEFENDANT Mr S Docker SOLICITORS Conroy Stewart Spagnolo

FIRST RESPONDENT/FIRST CROSS-CLAIMANT Mr J Kirk SOLICITORS LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES: Chalk and Fitzgerald Lawyers