There is no preclusive rule preventing a second interlocutory application in the absence of a material change of circumstances, fresh evidence or fraud; the court retains a discretion to entertain the application, though the applicant faces serious risks of an adverse exercise of discretion. The discontinuance of a prosecution constitutes a material change of circumstances for the purpose of an application to redact judgments containing national security information. The balancing exercise between open justice and national security differs when the question is publication of judgments rather than the conduct of a trial.
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