Fejo v Northern Territory

[1998] HCA 58
Judgment date
Case number
D7/1998
Before
Gleeson CJ, Gaudron, McHugh, Gummow, Kirby, Hayne, Callinan JJ
Catchwords

Aboriginals – Native title to land – Extinguishment – Whether grant of fee simple extinguishes native title – Whether native title can revive when land once again held by the Crown.

Aboriginals – Native title to land – Registered native title claimants – Right to negotiate – Applications for injunction and summary dismissal – Whether court can consider merits of native title claim in determining those applications.

Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), Pt 2, Div 3, subdiv B.