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AB (a pseudonym) v CD (a pseudonym)
EF (a pseudonym) v CD (a pseudonym)

[2019] HCA 6
Case number
M73/2018
M74/2018
Before
Nettle J
Catchwords

Practice and procedure – High Court – Suppression and non-publication orders – Power to make – Where risk of harm to persons associated with party to proceeding "acute" – Whether non-publication order necessary to protect safety of persons.

Words and phrases – "administration of justice", "necessary to protect the safety of any person", "non-publication order", "public interest in open justice".

Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) – ss 77RE, 77RF(1)(c).

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