DRJ v Commissioner of Victims Rights

[2020] NSWCA 136

NSW Court of Appeal

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Catchwords

1. Practice and Procedure
2. › Suppression and non-publication orders
3. › Pseudonym orders
4. › Court Suppression and Non-publication Orders Act 2010 (NSW)
5. › Requirement to take into account public interest in open justice
6. › Whether order necessary to protect safety of person
7. › Requirement to specify basis and duration
8. › Court Suppression and Non-publication Orders Act 2010 (NSW), ss 6, 7, 8, 12
1. Practice and Procedure
2. › Suppression and non-publication orders
3. › Contrast between court orders and tribunal orders
4. › Whether open justice principle applies even where ground under s 8 established
5. › Contrast with orders under Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW), s 64

Quick Take

Practitioners seeking suppression or non-publication orders under the Court Suppression and Non-publication Orders Act 2010 (NSW) must identify the specific ground under s 8, demonstrate necessity (not mere desirability), specify a fixed or ascertainable duration, and cannot assume that establishing a ground under s 8 displaces the obligation to consider open justice under s 6.