Akiba on behalf of the Torres Strait Regional Seas Claim Group v Commonwealth of Australia

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
JudgeFrench CJ,Crennan J,Hayne,Kiefel,Bell JJ
Judgment Date07 August 2013
Neutral Citation2013-0807 HCA A,[2013] HCA 33
Date07 August 2013
CourtHigh Court
Docket NumberB58/2012
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23 cases
3 firm's commentaries
  • High Court case clouds the waters for proponents as native title rights to the sea recognised
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 21 August 2013
    ...requires a permit for commercial fishing (Leo Akiba on behalf of the Torres Strait Regional Seas Claim Group v Commonwealth of Australia [2013] HCA 33). Original In 2001, the Torres Strait Regional Seas Claim Group filed an application in the Federal Court for the determination of native ti......
  • Native title fishing rights - A recent High Court decision
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 9 February 2014
    ...or not the provisions of FA 1971 were "effective at common law to work extinguishment of native title" (as per Akiba v Commonwealth (2013) 87 ALJR 916). That is, was the FA 1971 inconsistent with the continuing recognition by the common law of the Narrunga People's native title right to fis......
  • Rising tides - native title rights over the sea
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 8 September 2017
    ...New South Wales [2015] FCA 647 2 Commonwealth of Australia v Yarmirr; Yarmirr v Northern Territory [2001] HCA 56 3 Akiba v Commonwealth [2013] HCA 33 © HopgoodGanim Award-winning law firm HopgoodGanim offers commercially-focused advice, coupled with reliable and responsive service, to clien......
3 books & journal articles
  • The Toohey Legacy: Rights and Freedoms, Compassion and Honour
    • Australia
    • University of Western Australia Law Review No. 43-1, January 2018
    • 1 January 2018
    ...and Northern Development (1979) 107 DLR (3D) 513 and Delgamuukw v British Columbia (1997) 153 DLR (4th) 193. 64 Akiba v Commonwealth [2013] HCA 33; see also Rrumburriya Claim Group v Northern Territory [2016] FCA 776; Western Australia v Pilki People [2015] FCAFC 186. 65 [2014] HCA 8. 66 A ......
  • The Judicial Contribution to Water Justice: The Australian Experience
    • United States
    • Environmental Law Reporter No. 48-7, July 2018
    • 1 July 2018
    ...of judicial decisions adopting each of these types of protective or preventative measures. 35. Akiba v. Commonwealth (2013) 250 CLR 209; [2013] HCA 33. 36. Northern Territory of Australia v. Arnhem Land Aboriginal Land Trust (2008) 236 CLR 24; [2008] HCA 29. 37. Id . at 58. 38. Id . at 61, ......
  • Grafting Traditional Knowledge Onto a Common Law System
    • United States
    • Georgetown Law Journal No. 110-1, October 2021
    • 1 October 2021
    ...[1999] HCA 53 (High Court) (Austl.). 199. Id. 200. Commonwealth v Yarmirr [2001] HCA 56 (High Court) (Austl.). 201. Akiba v Commonwealth [2013] HCA 33 (High Court) (Austl.). 108 THE GEORGETOWN LAW JOURNAL [Vol. 110:75 regard, to consider the limitations of the native title construct in Aust......

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