NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision: 175 LGERA 16
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION: Jemena Gas Networks (NSW) Limited v Mine Subsidence Board [2010] NSWCA 146
HEARING DATE(S): 17 May 2010
JUDGMENT DATE: 28 June 2010
JUDGMENT OF: Spigelman CJ at 1; Allsop P at 97; Giles JA at 98; Basten JA at 99; Macfarlan JA at 188
DECISION: Appeal dismissed with costs.
CATCHWORDS: ENERGY AND RESOURCES - statutory regulation - compensation for subsidence caused by coal mining - whether compensation can be claimed for works done to prevent or mitigate damage from anticipated subsidence - interpretation of ss 12, 12A, 12B and 13A of the Mine Subsidence Compensation Act 1961 - APPEAL - doctrine of precedent - standard of reconsideration - "plainly" or "clearly" wrong - circumstances in which Court of Appeal will depart from its earlier decisions - application of doctrine of precedent to five judge court - whether Mine Subsidence Board v Wambo Coal Pty Ltd [2007] NSWCA 137 correctly decided - WORDS AND PHRASES - "a subsidence" - "from subsidence" - "by reason of subsidence"
Coal Mines Regulation Act 1982 LEGISLATION CITED: Land and Environment Court Act 1979 Mine Subsidence Act 1928 Mine Subsidence Compensation Act 1961
CATEGORY: Principal judgment
Alinta LGA Limited (formerly The Australian Gaslight Co) v Mine Subsidence Board [2008] HCA 17; (2008) 82 ALJR 826 Clutha Development Pty Ltd v Barry (1989) 18 NSWLR 86 Commonwealth v Hospital Contribution Fund of Australia (1982) 150 CLR 49 Gett v Tabet [2009] NSWCA 76; (2009) 254 ALR 504 Henville v Walker [2001] HCA 52; (2001) 206 CLR 459 Mine Subsidence Board v Wambo Coal Pty Ltd [2007] NSWCA 137; (2007) 154 LGERA 60 CASES CITED: Morelle v Wakeling [1955] 2 QB 379 R v Roussety [2008] VSCA 259; (2008) 192 A Crim R 32 Telstra Corporation Ltd v Treloar [2000] FCA 1170; (2000) 102 FCR 595 The Queen v BDX [2009] VSCA 28 Wambo Coal Pty Ltd v Mine Subsidence Board [2006] NSWLEC 528; (2006) 147 LGERA 457 Williams v Fawcett [1986] QB 604 Young v Bristol Aeroplane Co Ltd [1944] KB 718 Younghusband v Luftig [1949] 2 KB 354
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