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Anonymity and redaction
  • 21 Jun 2021

    FR v. MF

    Citation
    [2021] HKCFI 1750
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMP532/2021

    The court held that the open justice principle outweighed the respondent's objection and that the anonymised judgment should be published; the respondent's reasons for non-publication were insufficient. The court ordered release of the judgment as initially redacted but permitted the respondent to propose further redactions within 10 days under PD 15.15 and JPRRO s5(1A); subject to any allowed redactions the judgment is to be published and uploaded to the Judiciary Legal Reference website and INCADAT.