Nardell Colliery Pty Ltd v New South Wales Coal Compensation Review Tribunal & Anor [2003] NSWSC 462

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Nardell Colliery Pty Ltd v New South Wales Coal Compensation Review Tribunal & Anor [2003] NSWSC 462 26-28, 31 March 2003 HEARING DATE(S) : 9 April 2003 23 May 2003 JUDGMENT DATE : 29 May 2003 JURISDICTION: Common Law JUDGMENT OF : Sperling J at 1 DECISION : (1) Orders pursuant to paragraphs (1)(a), (b) and (c) of the amended summons; (2) Liberty to apply for any other order, my associate to be notified of any such application within fourteen days from today's date.

CATCHWORDS : Administrative Law - judicial review of a determination by the New South Wales Coal Compensation Tribunal - Wednesbury unreasonableness Coal Acquisition Act 1981, s5, s5A, s6, s7 Coal Acquisition (Amendment) Act 1997 Coal Acquisition (Compensation) Arrangements 1985, cl29, Sch3 Coal Acquisition (Re-acquisition Arrangements) Order 1997, cl6, cl10, Sch1, Sch2 LEGISLATION CITED : Coal Mining Act 1973, s41, s76, s77, s128, s130 Coal Mining (Amendment) Act 1981 Coal Ownership (Restitution) Act 1990, s6 Mining Act 1992, s282, s283, s284, s285 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1991 Supreme Court Act 1970, s69 Associated Provincial Picture Houses Ltd v Wednesbury Corporation [1948] 1 KB 223 Attorney-General (NSW) v Quin (1990) 170 CLR 1 Commonwealth of Australia v Amann Aviation Pty Ltd (1991) 174 CLR 64 Craig v South Australia (1995) 184 CLR 163 Livingstone v Rawyards Coal Co (1880) 5 App Cas 25 CASES CITED : Minister for Aboriginal Affairs v Peko Wallsend Ltd (1985-6) 162 CLR 24 Minister for Immigration & Ethnic Affairs v Wu Shan Liang (1996) 185 CLR 259 New South Wales Coal Compensation Board v New South Wales Coal Compensation Tribunal & Ors (Court of Appeal, 22 April 1997, unreported) Purkess v Crittenden (1965) 114 CLR 164 Talga Ltd v MBC International Ltd (1976) 133 CLR 622 ULV Pty Ltd v Scott (1990) 19 NSWLR 190 Nardell Colliery Pty Ltd PARTIES : New South Wales Coal Compensation Review Tribunal New South Wales Coal Compensation Board FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 30049/02 COUNSEL : Mr SD Robb QC with Mr N Kidd for the Plaintiff Mr SJ Gageler SC with Mr N Perram for the Second Defendant Allens Arthur Robinson for the Plaintiff SOLICITORS : Crown Solicitors for the First Defendant NSW Coal Compensation Board for the Second Defendant