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High Court refuses application to have interlocutory injunction application - concerning the threat to release databases containing patient information - heard otherwise than in public, on the grounds that the Health Service Executive had failed to satisfy the court that the circumstances arising were sufficient to restrict the Constitutional requirement for the administration of justice to be in public.
Application for a hearing otherwise than in public – threats to release patient databases tweeted – stolen data – prevent wider access – ex parte application heard otherwise than in public – limited to that application - the balance which the Court must strike between the protection of privacy rights and the requirement of Article 34.1 of the Constitution for the administration of justice in public – application to have the interlocutory application heard in camera as well – summary of the law – argued that there was a clear risk to the privacy rights of patients and others - onus is on the plaintiff to establish the exception to allow the Court to exercise its limited inherent jurisdiction to restrict the effect of Article 34.1 of the Constitution – failed to satisfy this onus – application refused.
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