Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Valentine v Fremantlemedia Australia Pty Ltd [2013] FCA 1293 Citation: Valentine v Fremantlemedia Australia Pty Ltd [2013] FCA 1293
Parties: KYM ANNE VALENTINE v FREMANTLEMEDIA AUSTRALIA PTY LTD (ACN 000 693 292), NEAL KINGSTON, SUSAN BOWER and STEVEN ROSSER
File number: VID 738 of 2013
Judge: MORTIMER J
Date of judgment: 19 November 2013
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE — application by respondents for confidentiality orders over certain documents on court file following negotiated settlement — whether principles of open justice "engaged" — application allowed in part.
Legislation: Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 (Cth) s 46PO Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) ss 17, 37M Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) rr 2.32, 34.163
Cases cited: Attorney-General (UK) v Observer Ltd [1990] 1 AC 109 Hogan v Hinch (2011) 243 CLR 506 John Fairfax Group Pty Ltd v Local Court (NSW) (1991) 26 NSWLR 131 Reynolds v JP Morgan Administrative Services Australia Ltd (No 2) (2011) 193 FCR 507
Date of hearing: 19 November 2013
Date of last submissions: 19 November 2013
Place: Melbourne
Division: GENERAL DIVISION
Category: Catchwords
Number of paragraphs: 28
Counsel for the Applicant: Ms K Eastman SC
Counsel for the Respondents: Ms K Eastman SC
IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA VICTORIA DISTRICT REGISTRY GENERAL DIVISION VID 738 of 2013
BETWEEN: KYM ANNE VALENTINE
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