A v Secretary, Family and Community Services (No 3) [2019] NSWSC 369

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: A v Secretary, Family and Community Services (No 3) [2019] NSWSC 369 Hearing dates: In Chambers Date of orders: 03 April 2019 Decision date: 03 April 2019 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Schmidt J Decision: (1) The applicants in this matter and their children are to be referred to only by pseudonyms ("A", "B", "C", and "D"); and

(2) Any matter which is likely to lead to the identification of A, B, C or D is not to be reported upon. Catchwords: FAMILY LAW — Children — Pseudonym order Cases Cited: A v Secretary, Family and Community Services (No 2) [2019] NSWSC 43 Category: Principal judgment Parties: A (First Plaintiff) B (Second Plaintiff) Secretary, Family and Community Services (First Defendant) Legal Aid NSW (Second Defendant) Children's Court of NSW (Third Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr P Singleton (First Defendant)

Solicitors: A and B, unrepresented (First and Second Plaintiffs) Crown Solicitor's Office (First Defendant) File Number(s): 2018/299545 Publication restriction: Nil

Judgment 1. I gave judgment in this matter in February: see A v Secretary, Family and Community Services (No 2) [2019] NSWSC 43. The plaintiffs sought pseudonym orders to ensure that their children's identity could not be identified from the publication of that judgment. 2. Being satisfied in the circumstances in which the application was made and the statutory regimes which apply to the proceedings in the Children's Court, with which this application was concerned, which are explained in the February judgment, that the interests of justice required that the children's identity not be disclosed. I made orders that: 1. The applicants in this matter and their children are to be referred to only by pseudonyms ("A", "B", "C", and "D"); and 2. Any matter which is likely to lead to the identification of A, B, C or D is not to be reported upon.