Federal Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
Roberts-Smith v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Limited (No 8) [2020] FCA 1630 File numbers: NSD 1485 of 2018 NSD 1486 of 2018 NSD 1487 of 2018
Judgment of: COLVIN J
Date of judgment: 11 November 2020
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - claim by Inspector-General of Australian Defence Force to public interest immunity over contents of communications undertaken for purposes of inquiry into alleged conduct of Special Forces while serving in Afghanistan - where previous judgment and orders provided for filing of further confidential evidence by IGADF - where confidential evidence of IGADF and applicant considered - public interest immunity demonstrated in respect of some information - order made for redacted documents to be produced and for parties to use best endeavours to agree on variation to orders for protection of national security information
Legislation: National Security Information (Criminal and Civil Proceedings) Act 2004 (Cth) s 38B Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force Regulation 2016 (Cth)
Cases cited: Roberts-Smith v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Limited (No 6) [2020] FCA 1285
Division: General Division
Registry: New South Wales
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