He v Monash University

[2026] VSCA 21

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Catchwords

1. Practice and Procedure
2. › Interlocutory orders
3. › Leave to appeal
4. › Scheduling orders
5. › Case management discretion
6. › Whether orders made in error
7. › Whether miscarriage of case management discretion
8. › Whether substantial injustice if orders uncorrected
9. › Supreme Court (General Civil Procedure) Rules 2025, r 64.15
1. Practice and Procedure
2. › Interlocutory orders
3. › Inspection of court file
4. › Restriction on non-party inspection
5. › Whether restriction constituted suppression order
6. › Open Courts Act 2013 (Vic), ss 1, 3, 4, 8, 18
7. › Supreme Court (General Civil Procedure) Rules 2025, r 28.05
1. Practice and Procedure
2. › Costs
3. › Discretion
4. › Whether failure to take relevant considerations into account when awarding costs
5. › Whether departure from usual rule that costs follow the event warranted
6. › Supreme Court Act 1986 (Vic), s 24

Quick Take

An order restricting non-party inspection of the court file under r 28.05 of the Supreme Court (General Civil Procedure) Rules 2025 is not a suppression order within the meaning of the Open Courts Act 2013 (Vic), and the principles of open justice do not apply to material placed on the court file by parties in preparation for trial.