High Court upholds spiritual attachment damages in landmark native title case

Appeals 2019-03-13 10:40 pm By Christine Caulfield | Melbourne

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The High Court has upheld a $1.3 million damages award to native title holders in the Northern Territory town of Timber Creek for their loss of spiritual attachment to the land, in the first ever assessment by the court of native title compensation.

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