In this Queensland Mental Health Court case Re BZY [2024] QMHC 1, the court reviewed an application by BZY concerning the publication of a prior judgment relating to the possession of child exploitation material. Initially, the court had determined BZY fit for trial, with a subsequent criminal proceeding resulting in a probationary sentence without recorded conviction. BZY's renewed application requested removal or anonymization of the judgment from public access on the grounds that its visibility negatively affected his career as a legal practitioner. Given that the judgment was nearly a decade old, carried no precedent, and involved substantial personal information, the court favoured BZY's privacy over the principle of open justice. Consequently, the judgment was ordered to be taken down.
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