Steelforce Trading Pty Ltd v Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science (No 2) [2018] FCAFC 47

It would undermine the integrity of the Court's processes to require Dalian to disclose its sensitive trade information publicly as the price for pursuing the appeal; the suppression order was necessary to protect the proper administration of justice.

Jurisdiction: Australia
Judgment Date: 27 March 2018
Procedural Posture: Appeal / Application for Suppression Order
Outcome: Suppression order made prohibiting publication or disclosure of identified portions of the Court's reasons containing confidential information.
Legal Topics: ['suppression Orders' 'non Publication of Commercially Sensitive Information' 'proper Administration of Justice']

['practice and Procedure' 'administrative Law'] ['suppression Orders' 'non Publication of Commercially Sensitive Information' 'proper Administration of Justice']

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Procedural Posture

Appeal / Application for Suppression Order

Legal Issues

1 ['Whether a suppression order is necessary to prevent prejudice to proper administration of justice' 'Whether commercially sensitive information should be protected from publication']

Ratio Decidendi

Court Disposition

Suppression order made prohibiting publication or disclosure of identified portions of the Court's reasons containing confidential information.

Orders

["Suppression order made pursuant to section 37AF prohibiting publication or other disclosure of specified sections of the Court's reasons dated 19 February 2018."]