Haddad v The GEO Group Australia Pty Ltd (No 2) [2024] NSWCA 140

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Haddad v The GEO Group Australia Pty Ltd (No 2) [2024] NSWCA 140 Hearing dates: On the papers Date of orders: 11 July 2024 Decision date: 11 July 2024 Before: Kirk JA; Stern JA; Griffiths AJA Decision: The application for a non-publication order is dismissed. Catchwords: MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS — Publication — Court Suppression and Non-publication Orders Act 2010 (NSW) – Informal application that appellant's name appearing in a published judgment be replaced by pseudonym – Unwarranted assumption that Personal Injury Commission's acceptance of pseudonym would be adopted – PTSD and major depressive order alone not sufficient to justify order – Criteria require more than that an order be "convenient, reasonable or sensible, or to serve some notion of the public interest" – No evidence of significant risk of harm Legislation Cited: Court Suppression and Non-publication Orders Act 2010 (NSW) ss 6, 8(1)(c) Personal Injury Commission Rules, r 132 Cases Cited: AB (A Pseudonym) v R (No 3) [2019] NSWCCA 46; (2019) 97 NSWLR 1046 Council of New South Wales Bar Association v EFA (A Pseudonym) [2021] NSWCA 339; (2021) 106 NSWLR 383 DRJ v Commissioner of Victims Rights [2020] NSWCA 136 Haddad v The GEO Group Australia Pty Ltd [2022] NSWPICPD 23 Haddad v The GEO Group Australia Pty Ltd [2024] NSWCA 135 Hogan v Australian Crime Commission [2010] HCA 21; (2010) 240 CLR 651 Kostov v YPOL Pty Ltd (No 2) [2019] NSWCA 1 Misrachi v Public Guardian [2019] NSWCA 67 Category: Consequential orders Parties: Anthony Haddad (Appellant) The GEO Group Australia Pty Ltd ACN 051 130 600 (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Appellant in person P Herzfeld SC; R Harvey (Respondent)