Koompahtoo Local Aboriginal Land Council v KLALC Property & Investment & Anor [2006] NSWSC 863

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Koompahtoo Local Aboriginal Land Council v KLALC Property & Investment & Anor [2006] NSWSC 863

HEARING DATE(S) : 02/08/06, 03/08/06

JUDGMENT DATE : 28 August 2006

JUDGMENT OF : Gzell J

DECISION : Council's proceedings to be dismissed. Mortgagee to have orders that Council and Registrar-General withdraw their caveats. Cross claims otherwise to be dismissed.

CATCHWORDS : ABORIGINALS - Land Rights - Local Aboriginal Land Council transfers land to a trustee of a unit trust in which it holds the only units with rights to income and capital - Trustee enters into joint venture agreement to develop the land - Trustee and joint venture partner enter into loan agreement - Trustee mortgages land to lender - Same issues as in Koompahtoo Local Aboriginal Land Council v KLALC Property & Investment Pty Ltd & Anor [2006] NSWSC 856 and in - Koompahtoo Local Aboriginal Land Council v CKT Developments Pty Ltd & Anor [2006] NSWSC 862

LEGISLATION CITED : Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983

CASES CITED : Koompahtoo Local Aboriginal Land Council v CKT Developments Pty Ltd & Anor [2006] NSWSC 862 Koompahtoo Local Aboriginal Land Council v KLALC Property & Investment Pty Ltd & Anor [2006] NSWSC 856

Koompahtoo Local Aboriginal Land Council - Plaintiff, 3rd Cross Defendant to 1st Cross Claim, 2nd Cross Claimant, 1st Cross Defendant to 3rd Cross Claim PARTIES : KLALC Property & Investment - 1st Defendant, 1st Cross Defendant to 1st Cross Claim, 2nd Cross Defendant to 3rd Cross Claim LKM Capital Ltd - 2nd Defendant, 1st Cross Claimant Paramount Land Pty Ltd - 2nd Cross Defendant to 1st Cross Claim, Cross Defendant to 2nd Cross Claim, 3rd Cross Claimant