ABC v Slowiaczek [2021] NSWSC 330

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: ABC v Slowiaczek [2021] NSWSC 330 Hearing dates: 1 April 2021 Date of orders: 1 April 2021 Decision date: 01 April 2021 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Davies J Decision: 1. Affidavit of Ana Grguric dated 1 April 2021, Statement of Claim and Notice of Motion to be filed in Court by 6 April 2021. 2. Order, until further order, that the plaintiff in these proceedings: (a) be known as ABC; (b) be described in all pleadings and other documents filed or served in the proceedings as ABC; and (c) except as may be necessary for the proper conduct of the proceedings, be only referred to as ABC. 3. Order, until further order, pursuant to s 7 of the Court Suppression and Non Publication Orders Act 2010 (NSW) that, except as may be necessary for the proper conduct of these proceedings, there be a non-publication order in respect of the name and identity of the plaintiff upon the ground that the order is necessary to protect the safety of the plaintiff. 4. Order that the order is to apply throughout the Commonwealth of Australia. 5. Liberty to apply on 2 days' notice. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – parties – identity of parties – non-publication of a party's name or identity – where orders are necessary to protect the safety of the plaintiff – plaintiff permitted to commence and carry on proceedings using a pseudonym Legislation Cited: Court Suppression and Non-Publication Orders Act 2010 (NSW) Cases Cited: AB (a pseudonym) v CB (a pseudonym) [2019] HCA 16 AB (a pseudonym) v R (No 3) (2019) NSWLR 1046 [2019] NSWCCA 46 Rhinehart v Welker (2011) 93 NSWLR 311; [2011] NSWCA 403 Texts Cited: Nil Category: Procedural rulings Parties: ABC (Plaintiff) Anthony Slowiaczek (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: A Grguric - Ex parte (Plaintiff)