Section 8(2) of the Supreme Court of Queensland Act 1991 (Qld) authorises orders restricting public access to documents on the court file, not merely hearings in open court, and such orders may be sought by non-parties whose confidential and commercially sensitive information appears in court documents. However, the threshold is not met merely because a document is confidential and disclosure may possibly have some adverse business effect; the material must be genuinely confidential and commercially sensitive and the interests of justice must require the restriction.
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