Section 84Part 11 — MISCELLANEOUS
Restrictions on reporting of proceedings heard otherwise than in open court
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A court hearing any proceedings otherwise than in open court shall, on the application of any party to the proceedings, give directions as to whether any and, if so, what information relating to the proceedings may be published.
A court shall not give a direction under subsection (1) permitting information to be published unless —
all parties to the proceedings agree that such information may be published; or
the court is satisfied that the information, if published in accordance with such directions as it may give, would not reveal any matter, including the identity of any party to the proceedings, that any party to the proceedings reasonably wishes to remain confidential.
Notwithstanding subsection (2), where a court gives grounds of decision for a judgment in respect of proceedings to which this section applies and considers that judgment to be of major legal interest, the court shall direct that reports of the judgment may be published in law reports and professional publications but, if any party to the proceedings reasonably wishes to conceal any matter, including the fact that he was such a party, the court shall —
give directions as to the action that shall be taken to conceal that matter in those reports; and
if it considers that a report published in accordance with directions given under paragraph (a) would be likely to reveal that matter, direct that no report shall be published until after the end of such period, not exceeding ten years, as it considers appropriate.