Lester v New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council [2001] NSWSC 891

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Lester v New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council [2001] NSWSC 891 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law Division Administrative Law List FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 30059/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 11 October 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 11 October 2001

PARTIES : Robert John Lester (plaintiff / respondent on motion) New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council (defendant / applicant on motion) JUDGMENT OF : Dunford J

COUNSEL : J Griffiths SC (plaintiff) R Forster SC (defendant) SOLICITORS : Horowitz & Bilinsky (plaintiff) Woolf Associates (defendant) CATCHWORDS : PRACTICE & PROCEDURE - jurisdiction of courts - purported removal of Treasurer of Aboriginal Land Council - jurisdiction of Supreme Court LEGISLATION CITED : Land and Environment Court Act 1979, ss 16, 20, 71, 72 Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983, ss 20, 22, 23, 24, 56A, Schs 5 & 6 Bathurst City Council v Saben (No. 2) (1986) 58 LGRA 201 CASES CITED : Aboriginal Community Benefit Fund Pty Ltd v Batemans Bay Local Aboriginal Land Council (1997) 41 NSWLR 494 Annetts v McCann (1991) 170 CLR 596 Manly Vale Pty Limted v Frances (1986) 4 NSWLR 635 DECISION : See para 13

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COMMON LAW DIVISION ADMINISTRATIVE LAW LIST 30059/01 Dunford J

Thursday, 11 October 2001 ROBERT JOHN LESTER v NEW SOUTH WALES ABORIGINAL LAND COUNCIL