Federal Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
Lattouf v Australian Broadcasting Corporation [2025] FCA 62 File number: NSD 189 of 2024
Judgment of: RANGIAH J
Date of judgment: 3 February 2025
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - application for a suppression and non-publication order under s 37AF of the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) - whether the order is necessary to protect the safety of any person – that persons will be vilified or harassed if their identities and contact details were disclosed - application granted
Legislation: Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) ss 50 and 772 Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) ss 37AA and 37AG(1)(c) Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) r 2.32(4)
Cases cited: Roberts-Smith v Fairfax Media Publications [2019] FCA 36
Division: Fair Work Division
Registry: New South Wales
National Practice Area: Employment and Industrial Relations
Number of paragraphs: 8
Date of interlocutory hearing: 3 February 2025
Counsel for the Applicant: Mr O Fagir with Mr P Boncardo
Solicitor for the Applicant: Maurice Blackburn
Counsel for the Respondent: Mr I Neil SC with Ms V Bulut
Solicitor for the Respondent: Seyfarth Shaw Australia
Counsel for the Intervenor: Ms S Chrysanthou SC with Mr N Olson
Solicitor for the Intervenor: Giles George
ORDERS NSD 189 of 2024
BETWEEN: ANTOINETTE LATTOUF Applicant
AND: AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION Respondent
order made by: RANGIAH J DATE OF ORDER: 3 FEBRUARY 2025
THE COURT ORDERS THAT:
1. Pursuant to s 37AF of the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) (the Act) and on the ground that it is necessary to protect the safety of persons, for a period of 10 years, the names, identities, contact details and addresses of persons who made complaints to the respondent about its employment or engagement of the applicant in December 2023, are not to be published or otherwise disclosed, and may only be accessed from the Court file by the Court, Court staff, a party to these proceedings and their legal representatives. Note: Entry of orders is dealt with in Rule 39.32 of the Federal Court Rules 2011.
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