Federal Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
Farrell v Super Retail Group Limited (Closed Court Application) [2024] FCA 1451 File number: NSD 1009 of 2024
Judgment of: LEE J
Date of judgment: 11 December 2024
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – application to close the Court – open justice – where evidence adduced in cross-examination may disclose information the subject of extant suppression order – extraordinary circumstances – order made to close the Court for as short as period as necessary to ensure justice is done in the proceeding
Legislation: Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) s 17(4)
Cases cited: Lehrmann v Network Ten Pty Limited (Livestream) [2023] FCA 1452 R v Davis (1995) 57 FCR 514 Super Retail Group Limited v Farrell [2024] FCA 1214
Division: Fair Work
Registry: New South Wales
National Practice Area: Employment and Industrial Relations
Number of paragraphs: 8
Date of hearing: 11 December 2024
Counsel for the applicant: Mr S Prince SC with Mr P Moorhouse and Ms T Wong
Solicitors for the applicant: Harmers Workplace Lawyers
Counsel for the first, second, third and fifth respondents: Mr J Sheahan KC with Mr M Follett SC, Ms Z Hillman and Mr D Ward
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