Re: Eurostar Pty Ltd (In Liquidation) (Receivers and Managers Appointed) & Ors [2004] NSWSC 462
There was insufficient evidence of actual or likely media interference with Mrs King's children as a result of publicity, and their circumstances did not fall outside the intended ordinary consequences of public examinations mandated by Parliament. Therefore, the necessary justification for a suppression order was not made out.
- Jurisdiction
- Australia
- Judgment Date
- 21 May 2004
- Procedural Posture
- Corporations Examination and Suppression Application / Application for Suppression Order During Public Examination
- Outcome
- Order refused
- Legal Topics
- ['suppression Orders' 'public Examination' 'open Justice' 'protection of Personal Information']
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Procedural Posture
Corporations Examination and Suppression Application / Application for Suppression Order During Public Examination
Legal Issues
- 1 ['Whether the Court should prohibit publication of the current surname of Mrs King and her children during a public examination under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)']
Ratio Decidendi
There was insufficient evidence of actual or likely media interference with Mrs King's children as a result of publicity, and their circumstances did not fall outside the intended ordinary consequences of public examinations mandated by Parliament. Therefore, the necessary justification for a suppression order was not made out.
Court Disposition
Order refused
Orders
- ["Registrar's interim suppression order revoked; no continuing prohibition on publication of the surname."]
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