Council of Law Society of NSW v XX [2020] NSWSC 1912

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Council of Law Society of NSW v XX [2020] NSWSC 1912 Hearing dates: 16 December 2020 Date of orders: 16 December 2020 Decision date: 16 December 2020 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Campbell J Decision: (1) Pursuant to s 10 of the Court Suppression and Non-Publication Orders Act 2010 (NSW), ("the Act"), the orders made by Justice Bellew on 12 December 2019, pursuant to the Act, are extended until 5pm on 16 March 2021 or until further order of the Court, whichever is the earlier. (2) The motion is listed for directions before the Registrar at 9am on Friday, 18 December 2020 to the intent that the first available suitable date for a hearing, in or after the second week of February, may be fixed. (3) The defendant to serve any evidence to be relied upon in support of the motion by no later than five business days prior to the hearing. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – suppression and non-publication – orders – interim order sought – question of when a hearing in respect to the continuation of the order will be heard – where by operation of the Act a hearing is a matter of urgency – orders made for urgent hearing of the application Legislation Cited: Court Suppression and Non-Publication Orders Act 2010 (NSW) ss 7,8, 10 Cases Cited: Not applicable Texts Cited: Not applicable Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Council of the Law Society of New South Wales (Plaintiff) XX (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: B.J. Tronson (Plaintiff) P.D. Lange (Defendant) Solicitors: The Law Society of New South Wales (Plaintiff) Hanna Legal (Defendant) File Number(s): 2019/180938 Publication restriction: Identity of defendant