Federal Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
Roberts-Smith v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Limited (No 7) [2020] FCA 1296 File numbers: NSD 1485 of 2018 NSD 1486 of 2018 NSD 1487 of 2018
Judgment of: BESANKO J
Date of judgment: 7 September 2020
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE — fixing of a trial date — relevant considerations.
Legislation: National Security Information (Criminal and Civil Proceedings) Act 2004 (Cth)
Cases cited: Roberts-Smith v Fairfax Media Publications Pty limited (No 4) [2020] FCA 614
Division: General Division
Registry: New South Wales
National Practice Area: Other Federal Jurisdiction
Number of paragraphs: 5
Date of hearing: 21 August 2020
Counsel for the Applicant: Mr B McClintock SC with Mr M Richardson
Solicitor for the Applicant: Mark O'Brien Legal
Counsel for the Respondents: Mr A Dawson SC with Ms L Barnett and Mr C Mitchell
Solicitor for the Respondents: MinterEllison
Counsel for the Commonwealth of Australia Mr J Edwards
Solicitor for the Commonwealth of Australia Australian Government Solicitor
ORDERS NSD 1485 of 2018
BETWEEN: BEN ROBERTS-SMITH Applicant
AND: FAIRFAX MEDIA PUBLICATIONS PTY LIMITED (ACN 003 357 720) (and others named in the Schedule) First Respondent
NSD 1486 of 2018
BETWEEN: BEN ROBERTS-SMITH Applicant
AND: THE AGE COMPANY PTY LIMITED (ACN 004 262 702) (and others named in the Schedule) First Respondent
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