Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of New South Wales v Shane Dowling (No 4) [2018] NSWSC 785

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of New South Wales v Shane Dowling (No 4) [2018] NSWSC 785 Hearing dates: 28 May 2018 Date of orders: 28 May 2018 Decision date: 28 May 2018 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Lonergan J Decision: I decline to lift the suppression orders made by Justice Beech-Jones on 3 and 8 February 2017 and Justice Adamson on 6 April 2017. Catchwords: CONTEMPT – where allegations constituted contempt – where suppression order exists over allegations – application to lift suppression order – whether subject material in public domain – public interest Legislation Cited: Court Suppression and Non-publication Orders Act ss 6, 7, 8 Cases Cited: Lange v Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1997) 189 CLR 520; [1997] HCA 25 Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of New South Wales v Shane Dowling (No 3) [2018] NSWSC 784 Rinehart v Welker (2011) 93 NSWLR 311; [2011] NSWCA 403 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of New South Wales (Plaintiff) Shane Francis Dowling (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: A Mitchelmore (Plaintiff) Defendant, self-represented

Solicitors: Crown Solicitors Office (Plaintiff) File Number(s): 2017/94322 Publication restriction: Pursuant to an order of this Court, the content of such parts of the Affidavit of Brett Frederick Thomson filed in Court that are the subject of existing suppression orders made by Beech-Jones J on 3 February 2017 and 8 February 2017 and Justice Adamson on 6 April 2017 are suppressed.