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Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community Council v Commonwealth of Australia (No 2) [2023] FCA 811

Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community Council v Commonwealth of Australia (No 2) [2023] FCA 811

REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDINGS – class action – observations as to circumstances when the limitation period suspended by s 33ZE of the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) does not begin to run again when a case is settled without finally disposing of the whole of a group member’s claim in tort where personal injury damages are not resolved

ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLES – novel claim for interference with use and enjoyment of land, including traditional community and cultural uses – claim for reduction of value in land, and inconvenience and distress

PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – access to documents by non-parties – public interest in open justice

Original article available at: https://www.judgments.fedcourt.gov.au/judgments/Judgments/fca/single/2023/2023fca0811

For more information, see the original judgement.


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