The saga of Hot Holdings Pty Ltd v Creasy recently unveiled its latest chapter with the handing down of the High Court's decision on 14 November 2002, on appeal by Hot Holdings Pty Ltd from a decision of the Full Court of the Supreme Court of Western Australia. It is timely then to review the various decisions of the Courts leading up to the latest instalment and consider their implications for decisions generally under the Mining Act 1978 (WA).
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