WILLIAMS v DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE NATIONAL PARKS & WILDLIFE SERVICE & ORS [2002] NSWCA 176

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : WILLIAMS v DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE NATIONAL PARKS & WILDLIFE SERVICE & ORS [2002] NSWCA 176 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40455/02 HEARING DATE(S) : 6 June 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 14 June 2002

Neville Williams - Appellant Director General of the National Parks & Wildlife Service - First Respondent PARTIES : Barrick Gold of Australia Limited - Second Respondent Homestake Australia Limited - Third Respondent Colin Pardoe - Fourth Respondent JUDGMENT OF : Sheller JA; Giles JA

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Land & Environment Court LOWER COURT 40171/02 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Bignold J JUDICIAL OFFICER :

A Oshlack (by leave) - Appellant COUNSEL : M Fraser - First Respondent N J Williams SC - Second, Third, Fourth Respondents N/A - Appellant SOLICITORS : Solicitor for National Parks & Wildlife Service - First Respondent Blake Dawson Waldron - Second, Third, Fourth Respondents CATCHWORDS : PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - application for leave to appeal the refusal to grant interlocutory relief - exercise caution in allowing leave from interlocutory applications - Class 4 application, Land and Environment Court - permit to remove Aboriginal relics - National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974, s87 LEGISLATION CITED : National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 Mining Act 1992 CASES CITED: Castlemaine Tooheys Ltd v South Australia (1986) 161 CLR 148 Adam P Brown Male Fashions Pty Ltd v Philip Morris Incorporated (1981) 148 CLR 170 DECISION : Application for leave to appeal dismissed with costs.