Smith v Jones (No. 3) [2022] NSWSC 1448

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Smith v Jones (No. 3) [2022] NSWSC 1448 Hearing dates: Order made in Chambers after further written submissions provided 21 October 2022 Date of orders: 24 October 2022 Decision date: 24 October 2022 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Lonergan J Decision: Until further order, the parties in these proceedings will be known as Helen Smith and Stephen Jones upon the grounds specified in s 8(1)(a) of the Court Suppression and Non-publication Orders Act 2010 (NSW) that this order is necessary to prevent prejudice to the proper administration of justice. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – Suppression and non-publication – necessary to make an order providing pseudonyms to the parties to reflect obligations under s 121 of the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) Legislation Cited: Court Suppression and Non-publication Orders Act 2010 (NSW) Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) Cases Cited: DOQ17 v Australian Financial Security Authority (No 3) [2019] FCA 1488 Smith v Jones (No. 2) [2022] NSWSC 1321 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Helen Smith (Plaintiff) Stephen Jones (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: K Balendra (Plaintiff) E Anderson (Defendant) Solicitors: Melinda Griffith Lawyers (Plaintiff) Wyatts Lawyers and Advisors (Defendant) File Number(s): 2021/00176194 Publication restriction: These proceedings referred in detail to aspects of proceedings between the parties under the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth). It is an offence contrary to s 121 of that Act to publish information that identifies persons in connection with such proceedings. In order to maintain the efficacy of that protection, pseudonym orders have been made in these proceedings to prohibit the identification of the person concerned in the Family Law proceedings. Those orders were made on 24 October 2022.