Person “A” v The Commonwealth [2019] NSWSC 727

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Person "A" v The Commonwealth [2019] NSWSC 727 Hearing dates: 31 May 2019 Decision date: 31 May 2019 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Ward CJ in Eq Decision: Non-publication and non-disclosure orders made pursuant to the Court Suppression and Non-publication Orders Act 2010 (NSW) and the grounds set out in ss 8(1)(a), (b), (c) and (e) of that Act. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE — pseudonym orders and suppression orders – where in the interests of Australia's national security and defence to use pseudonyms in a statement of claim for a person's name and other material facts – where in the interests of Australia's national security and defence to prohibit or restrict the disclosure of certain information Legislation Cited: Court Suppression and Non-publication Orders Act 2010 (NSW), ss 3, 7, 8 Crimes Act 1914 (Cth), s 85B Criminal Code 1995 (Cth) s 93.2 Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth), s 50 Cases Cited: Alister v The Queen (1984) 154 CLR 404; [1984] HCA 85 Australian Broadcasting Commission v Parish (1980) 43 FLR 129; [1980] FCA 33 Binyam Mohamed v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (No 2) [2009] EWHC 152 Burmah Oil Co Ltd v Governor and Co of the Bank of England [1979] 3 WLR 722 Central Intelligence Agency v Sims (1985) 471 U.S 159 Church of Scientology Inc v Woodward (1982) 154 CLR 25 Conway v Rimmer [1968] AC 910 Fairfax Digital Australia and New Zealand Pty Ltd v Ibrahim (2012) 83 NSWLR 52; [2012] NSWCCA 125 Hamzy v R [2013] NSWCCA 156 John Fairfax Group Pty Ltd v Local Court (NSW) (1991) 26 NSWLR 131 Kamasaee v Commonwealth of Australia (No 4) (2016) 52 VR 368; [2016] VSC 492 Kamasaee v Commonwealth of Australia (No 6) (2016) 52; 368; [2016] VSC 605 Pelechowski v Registrar, Court of Appeal (NSW) (1999) 198 CLR 435; [1999] HCA 19 R (Mohamed) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (No 2) [2011] QB 218 R v Fandakis [2002] NSWCCA 5 R v Khazaal [2006] NSWSC 1061 R v Lewes Justices; Ex parte Home Secretary [1973] AC 388 R v Lodhi (2006) 199 FLR 270; [2006] NSWSC 596 R v Lodhi (2006) 65 NSWLR 573; [2006] NSWCCA 101 Sankey v Whitlam (1978) 142 CLR 1; [1978] HCA 43 Traljesic v Attorney-General of the Commonwealth of Australia (2006) 150 FCR 199; [2006] FCA 125 Traljesic v Attorney-General of the Commonwealth of Australia [2006] 150 FCR 199; [2006] FCA 125 Young v Quin (1984) 4 FCR 483 Texts Cited: Practice Note SC Gen 2 'Supreme Court- Access to Court' Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Person "A" (a pseudonym) (Plaintiff) The Commonwealth (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: D Dragicevic (Solicitor) (Plaintiff) A Berger (Defendant)