PRACTICE DIRECTION 25.2
REPORTS ON HEARINGS
HELD IN CHAMBERS NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
1. Proceedings held in chambers not open to the public are those where the press and the public are excluded from attending. Practitioners are reminded of the provisions of Practice Direction 25.1 dated 2 July 2015 governing chambers hearings in civil proceedings in the High Court, the District Court and the Lands Tribunal and the provisions of Practice Direction 15.15 dated 2 July 2015 governing matrimonial and family proceedings.
2. No report should be made of any proceedings (including the judgment) held in chambers not open to the public without the authority of the master or the judge before whom the proceedings were conducted. If the master or the judge considers that proceedings should be open for reporting or the judgment should be released for publication he should afford the parties an opportunity to make representations upon the matter before so declaring.
3. This Practice Direction supersedes the previous Practice Direction 25.2 on Report on Hearings Held in Chambers Not Open to the Public dated 31 May 2005.
4. This Practice Direction will take effect on 2 July 2015.
Dated this 19 day of June 2015.
| (Geoffrey Ma) Chief Justice |