17 Oct 2014
X v. Y
- Citation
- X v. Y
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA2023/2014
A blanket order that all future hearings be held in camera is wrong in principle; each application for a private hearing must be justified on its own facts and any departure from open justice must be necessary and no more than minimally intrusive. Given the present circumstances the court would continue the sealing of the court file and anonymity orders but would not continue paragraph 7(1) imposing a blanket private hearing requirement.