Federal Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
Roberts-Smith v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Limited (No 9) [2020] FCA 1850 File numbers: NSD 1485 of 2018 NSD 1486 of 2018 NSD 1487 of 2018
Judgment of: BESANKO J
Date of judgment: 23 December 2020
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE — interlocutory application for an order that a party is entitled to redact information in two documents to be produced following discovery — where documents xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx contain irrelevant and sensitive information — appropriate case for judge to examine unredacted documents and make a decision as to the relevance of the information without the party seeking the documents being provided with unredacted copies
Legislation: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Defamation Act 2005 (NSW) ss 25, 26
Cases cited: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v McMahan Services Pty Ltd [2004] FCA 353 Clifford v Vegas Enterprises Pty Ltd (No 2) [2010] FCA 36; (2010) 182 FCR 448 Egglishaw v Australian Crime Commission (No 2) [2009] FCA 12; (2009) 71 ATR 570 Fig Tree Developments Ltd v Australian Property Custodian Holdings Ltd [2008] FCA 1041 MJ Corrosion Consultants Pty Ltd v Gilmour [2011] FCA 1514
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