WEQ (a pseudonym) v Medical Board of Australia

[2025] VSCA 100

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Interrogate

Catchwords

1. Practice and Procedure
2. › Leave to appeal
3. › Interlocutory orders
4. › Discretionary orders
5. › Whether real prospects of success
6. › Whether substantial injustice if decision left to stand
7. › Two-fold test applied stringently
8. › Supreme Court Act 1986 (Vic), s 14C
1. Practice and Procedure
2. › Open courts
3. › Suppression orders
4. › Confidentiality orders
5. › Disciplinary proceedings against medical practitioner
6. › Materials from Family Court released to regulator on condition of confidentiality
7. › Whether suppression orders necessary to prevent real and substantial risk of prejudice to proper administration of justice
8. › Open Courts Act 2013 (Vic), ss 17, 20, 30
1. Practice and Procedure
2. › Open courts
3. › Pseudonym orders
4. › Confidentiality of court file
5. › Inherent jurisdiction
6. › Whether pseudonym and file confidentiality orders appropriate where family law materials involved
7. › Supreme Court (General Civil Procedure) Rules 2015 (Vic), r 28.05(4)

Quick Take

Broad proceeding suppression orders are not necessary where pseudonym orders and the opportunity for redaction of reasons before publication can achieve the required level of confidentiality.