JUDICIAL REVIEW: — exploration licence — validity of grant of exploration licence by Minister's delegate — alleged supply to and use by the licence applicant of confidential information of the applicant in the proceedings — alleged failure to consider relevant matters — whether past inadequate exploration under different licence by an alleged "associated entity" of the licence applicant is a mandatory relevant consideration — validity of instrument and exercise of delegation to grant exploration licence — validity of application for exploration licence — alleged non-compliance with information requirements of approved form for licence applications — whether compliance with information requirements of the approved application form is a jurisdictional fact that must be satisfied to enliven the power to grant an exploration licence — whether the decision-maker's opinion that the licence applicant's application complied with the requirements of the approved form and the Mining Act miscarried in law — validity of execution by the licence applicant of the deed of grant of exploration licence — whether a validly executed deed is a precondition to the grant or taking effect of an exploration licence — whether the exercise of power to grant the exploration licence pleaded or proven to be in bad faith — whether alleged departure from a departmental policy on renewal of licences resulted in invalidity of the grant of the new licence — whether the lack of awareness of the applicant in the proceedings that an area was available for him to make a licence application resulted in invalidity of the grant of licence to the licence applicant for that area — whether the applicant in the proceedings established an equitable interest in the exploration licence — costs
Case Details
Citation[2011] NSWLEC 50
CourtNSWLEC
JurisdictionNew South Wales
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