Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Appleroth v Ferrari Australasia Pty Limited [2020] FCA 756 File number: NSD 543 of 2020
Judge: SNADEN J
Date of judgment: 1 June 2020
Date of publication of reasons: 2 June 2020
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – originating application under the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) alleging dismissal in contravention of a general protection – interlocutory application for orders that documents filed by the applicant in the proceeding be deemed confidential – requests by media representatives for access to documents – originating application discontinued before being served upon the respondents – whether circumstances justify exclusion of public access – whether departure from principles of open justice warranted – application dismissed PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – application for leave to intervene by media representative – leave to intervene for the purpose of opposing application for confidentiality orders – leave granted
Legislation: Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) pt 3-1; ss 365, 366 and 370 Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) pt 5AA; s 37AG Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) r 2.32
Cases cited: Central Equity Ltd v Chua [1999] FCA 1067 David Syme & Co v General Motors-Holden's Ltd [1984] 2 NSWLR 294 John Fairfax Group Pty Ltd v Local Court (NSW) (1991) 26 NSWLR 131 Keyzer v La Trobe University [2019] FCA 646 R v Davis (1995) 57 FCR 512
Date of hearing: 1 June 2020
Registry: New South Wales
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