Harris (pseudonym) v Secretary, Department of Communities & Justice (No 2) [2022] NSWCA 10

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Harris (pseudonym) v Secretary, Department of Communities & Justice (No 2) [2022] NSWCA 10 Hearing dates: Written submissions 2 November 2021 Date of orders: 11 February 2022 Decision date: 11 February 2022 Before: Meagher JA, Gleeson JA and Brereton JA at [1] Decision: In the published version of the first judgment: (1) the name of the applicant where it appears in [3] is to be redacted; (2) the applicant is to be given the pseudonym Harris; and (3) footnotes 1 and 2 be redacted. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – Judgments – Suppression and non-publication – Application for redaction – Possible identification of children through identification of parent – Possible identification of children through reference to related proceedings – Order for use of pseudonym in judgment Legislation Cited: Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 (NSW), s 105 Cases Cited: Harris (pseudonym) v Secretary, Department of Communities & Justice [2021] NSWCA 261 Category: Consequential orders Parties: Harris (Applicant) Secretary, Department of Communities & Justice (First Respondent) RA (Second Respondent) DH (Third Respondent) RH (Fourth Respondent) AH (Fifth Respondent) Children's Court of New South Wales (Sixth Respondent) Representation: Counsel: P D Lange (Applicant) B J Dean (First Respondent) E M Stolier (Fifth Respondent)