Pilkvist and Coburn (deceased) By His Legal Personal Representatives

In the matter of *Pilkvist and Coburn (deceased) By His Legal Personal Representatives*, Carew J of the Supreme Court of Queensland considered a dispute concerning the provision of certain court documents to the Legal Services Commission, Queensland. The application sought the disclosure of specific reasons for judgment and a transcript of a show cause hearing.

The central legal issue before the Court was whether the requested documents, specifically the reasons for judgment from 6 September 2019 and 31 October 2019, and a transcript of a show cause hearing from 17 October 2019, should be provided to the Legal Services Commission for their consideration. A further issue related to the redaction of names of legal practitioners from the reasons for judgment before any public dissemination.

Carew J ordered that the Senior Registrar of the Family Court of Australia be requested to provide the specified reasons for judgment and transcript to the Legal Services Commission, Queensland. The Court also directed that the names of the legal practitioners involved be redacted from the reasons for judgment prior to any public dissemination, indicating a balancing of the need for disclosure for professional conduct consideration against privacy concerns.