Hume Coal Pty Limited v Alexander

COURT OR TRIBUNAL

New South Wales Land and Environment Court

DATE FILED (OR FIRST HEARING DATE)

08/11/2012

LITIGATION TYPE

Project Approval - Mitigation

SUBJECT MATTER

Coal mine

REVIEW TYPE

Judicial review

SUMMARY

Hume Coal needed access to Alexander's land to get to neighbouring property where it intended to prospect for coal. Alexander and others were blockading the land to prevent entry by Hume Coal. Court granted an interlocutory injunction pursuant to s 82 of the Mining Act 1992 (NSW) to restrain the Respondents from blocking access to Hume Coal or inviting others onto their property for the purpose of blocking Hume Coal's access

CASE DOCUMENTS

Hume Coal Pty Limited v Alexander (No 3) [2013] NSWLEC 58