PRACTICE & PROCEDURE – JUDICIAL REVIEW & APPEALS – Originating Summons – Order 16 Rule 5 NCR – Appointment Interim Managing Director – Section 138 NEA Act – Section 4 (1) (a) & (b) & 5 (a) (b) (c) Regulatory Statutory Authority (Appointment of Certain Officers) Act 2004 Appointment of CEO of Regulatory Statutory Office…

PRACTICE & PROCEDURE – JUDICIAL REVIEW & APPEALS – Substantive Notice of Motion – Whether Director Exceeded Authority Under Section 54 (2) Oil & Gas Act 1998– Whether in asking for Additional Information Required of Plaintiff by Instrument pursuant to Section 54 (2) Oil & Gas Act 1998 Acted Ultra Vires – Whether Instrument issued pursuant…

PRACTICE & PROCEDURE – JUDICIAL REVIEW & APPEALS – Notice of Motion – 7th Defendant By – Order 1 Rule 15 & Order 12 Rule 8 (4) & Order 12 Rule 1 NCR – Leave Extension of Time From Prior Orders – Filing Further Affidavits Annexing Victorian Supreme Court Decision – Whether Serious Prejudice Whether…

JUDICIAL REVIEW – Application under Order 10 – Supreme Court Rules – Appealing against part of the decision of the leave Court – leave Court refused leave to apply for judicial review, and in addition, made further orders – considerations – whether Order 16 of the National Court Rules confers exclusive jurisdiction for interlocutory applications…

JUDICIAL REVIEW – Forfeiture of State Lease – Land Act 122 – Service of Notice to Show Cause on wrong address – effect thereof.

PRACTICE & PROCEDURE – Joinder Application – Whether sufficient interest to join –consolidation of proceeding – necessary for an effective determination of issues raised – material filed support joinder – balance discharged on probabilities – application granted – costs in the cause.

PRACTISE & PROCEEDURE – Judicial Review & appeals – Notice of motion – Leave to amend Order 16 Statement – Order 16 rule 13 (13) (1), Order 16 Rule 6 (2) & Order 8 rule 50 NCR – Amendment to determine real questions posed – avoiding multiplicity of proceedings – Material relied sufficient – no…

PRACTISE & PROCEEDURE – Judicial Review & appeals – Originating summons – Third defendants Amended Notice of motion – Order 16 Rule 13 (13) (2) (a) & (b) (1) NCR – Dismissal of Proceedings – Abuse of court process – No reasonable cause of action – WS proceedings same matter on merit Dealt with –…

PRACTISE & PROCEEDURE – Judicial Review & appeals – Substantive notice of Motion – State Lease – Certiorari Order 16 Rule 1 (1) NCR – Land Act 1996 – Ministerial declaration customary land –– Section 133 Land Act – No power revert back State Land – Abuse of process – no evidence compliance Sections 7,…

SUPREME COURT- Application for Leave to Appeal, Supreme Court Act, s.14(3)(b) – Proposed appeal against order for the joinder of parties in the proceedings – National Court proceedings for judicial review under Order 16 – a discretionary judgement –relevant considerations in respect to the exercise of a discretionary power – discretionary power properly exercised. PRACTICE…