Northern Territory Land Corporation v Rigby & Anor

[2016] NTSC 18

Supreme Court of the Northern Territory

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For Australian Law.

1. Civil Litigation
2. › Supreme Court Rules Order 53
3. › originating motion for recovery of possession
4. › Crown Lease in Perpetuity conferred right of exclusive possession on plaintiff registered proprietor
5. › respondents occupying land without licence or consent
6. › arguments based on Aboriginal sovereignty rejected
7. › plaintiff’s right to possession obvious
8. › judgment for recovery of possession
1. Western Australia v Ward [2002] HCA 28; (2002) 213 CLR 1, applied.
1. New South Wales v Commonwealth [1975] HCA 58; (1975) 135 CLR 337; Coe v Commonwealth [1979] HCA 68; (1979) 53 ALJR 403 at 408; Coe v Commonwealth [1993] HCA 42; (1993) 68 ALJR 110; Risk v Northern Territory [2006] FCA 4094; Risk v Northern Territory (2007) 240 ALR 75; Quall v Northern Territory [2009] FCA18; Quall v Northern Territory [2009] FCAFC 157; (2009) 180 FCR 528; R v Murrell and Bummaree [1836] NSW SupC 35, referred to.