Ruddock, Re - Ex parte Prosecutors 1, 2, 3 and 4 [2005] HCATrans 20 (4 February 2005)

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Ruddock, Re - Ex parte Prosecutors 1, 2, 3 and 4 [2005] HCATrans 20 (4 February 2005)

Last Updated: 21 February 2005

[2005] HCATrans 020

IN THE HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Office of the Registry
Sydney No S196 of 2001

In the matter of -

An application for Writs of Certiorari and Mandamus and Prohibition and an Injunction against PHILIP RUDDOCK in his capacity as THE MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

First Respondent

THE REFUGEE REVIEW TRIBUNAL as constituted by SUE ZELINKA

Second Respondent

PETER NYGH in his capacity as the Principal Member of the REFUGEE REVIEW TRIBUNAL

Third Respondent

Ex parte –

PROSECUTORS 1, 2, 3 and 4

Applicants/Prosecutors

Pronouncement of orders

McHUGH J
GUMMOW J
HEYDON J

TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS

AT SYDNEY ON FRIDAY, 4 FEBRUARY 2005, AT 9.35 AM

Copyright in the High Court of Australia

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McHUGH J: In this matter the parties have agreed to consent orders and the Court makes the following orders by consent:

1. That paragraph 4 of the Order made on 29 November 2001 be varied to be in the following terms:

“The identity of the applicants as the prosecutors/applicants in this proceeding may be disclosed:

(a) to the Judges and officers of this Honourable Court;
(b) to the parties and their legal representatives;
(c) to officers of the Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs;
(d) to members and officers of the Refugee Review Tribunal;
(e) to the Judges and officers of any Australian court that is hearing an application arising from a decision or a purported decision made under the Migration Act 1958 in which any of the prosecutors/applicants is a party.

but not otherwise unless the disclosure is made by one of the prosecutors/applicants or the prosecutors/applicants consent in writing to the disclosure.”

I publish the consent order of the Court.

AT 9.35 AM THE MATTER WAS CONCLUDED