Consolidated practice directions

How do I inform the Court that a document is sensitive? 
23. If a person presenting a document to the Court for filing electronically 
believes that it is sensitive, they must inform the Court that it is 
sensitive by selecting the appropriate option on the ECMS. Depending 
upon the option selected, the document, or its contents, will then not be 
accessible to other parties via the ECMS, or to the Judge or Master. 
24. If a person presenting a document to the Court for filing electronically 
believes that it is sensitive for more than one reason (for example, the 
one affidavit contains restricted information and a copy of a restricted 

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document), then the document must not be presented for filing 
electronically (refer to O 67A r 10(2)). 
25. If a person presenting a document to the Court for filing by email, 
delivery, post or fax believes that it is sensitive, they must inform the 
Court that it is sensitive by ensuring that the document has a cover 
sheet. 
26. If a person presenting a document to the Court for filing by email, 
delivery, post or fax believes that it is sensitive because the document 
contains ‘restricted information’ (as defined in 
O 67A r 9), then the 
coversheet must include this statement: 
ATTENTION: This document contains information to which access 
is restricted by [
the short title and provision of applicable legislation or the 
details of the applicable court order
]. 
27. If a person presenting a document to the Court for filing by email, 
delivery, post or fax believes that it contains information to which access 
should be restricted, and the person presenting the document for filing 
is applying or intends to apply for an order restricting access to the 
information pursuant to O 67B r 5, then the coversheet must include this 
statement: 
ATTENTION: This document contains information which is the 
subject of an application for an order under the 
Rules of the Supreme 
Court 1971
O 67B r 5 that restricts access to it. 
28. If a person presenting a document to the Court for filing by email, 
delivery, post or fax believes that t
he document presented is a ‘re
stricted 
document’ (as 
defined in O 67A r 9), then the coversheet must include 
this statement: 
ATTENTION: [
Identify the document
] is a document the existence and 
the whole of the contents of which must not be known or accessible 
to anyone other than the person filing it and a judge or master. 
29. If a person presenting a document to the Court for filing by email, 
delivery, post or fax believes that the document presented should not be 
accessible to the judiciary (that is, the existence and content of the 
document must not be made accessible or known to the Judge or Master 

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who is or will be trying the case (for example, a dispute in relation to a 
Calderbank
offer)), the coversheet must include this statement: 
ATTENTION: 
[Identify the document
] is a document the existence 
and the whole of the contents of which must not be known or 
accessible to the Judge or Master who will be trying the case in 
respect of which it is filed.