Federal Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
Secretary, Department of Health and Aged Care v Montu Group Pty Ltd [2024] FCA 1260 File number: VID 302 of 2024
Judgment of: SNADEN J
Date of judgment: 29 October 2024
Date of publication of reasons: 31 October 2024
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – interlocutory application for non-publication orders pursuant to pt VAA of the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) – where court document mistakenly released to journalist by court staff – where article containing information from that document published by non-parties – whether non-publication order necessary to prevent prejudice to proper administration of justice – application dismissed.
Legislation: Federal Court Act 1976 (Cth) ss 37AA, 37AE, 37AF, 37AG Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) r 2.32
Cases cited: Keyzer v La Trobe University (2019) 165 ALD 93 Naude v DRA Global Limited [2023] FCA 493 Young v Accenture Australia Pty Limited [2024] FCA 1013
Division: General Division
Registry: Victoria
National Practice Area: Commercial and Corporations
Sub-area: Regulator and Consumer Protection
Number of paragraphs: 32
Date of hearing: 28 October 2024
Counsel for the Applicant: The applicant did not appear
Counsel for the Respondents: Ms Z M Hillman with Mr C Murphy
Solicitor for the Respondents: Hogan Lovells
Solicitor for the Interested Persons Ms L M Alick
ORDERS VID 302 of 2024
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