The applicant brought a preliminary motion for a publication ban, anonymization order, and sealing of documents in her application for judicial review of a decision by the Office of the Independent Police Review Director.
The underlying complaint related to the police investigation of an alleged sexual assault against the applicant while she was working as an exotic dancer.
Applying the Sherman Estate test, the court found that court openness posed a serious risk to the applicant's privacy and psychological well-being, and that the benefits of protecting her identity outweighed the negative effects on the open court principle.
The motion was granted, allowing the applicant to proceed using initials.
