The federal Attorney-General's bid for an appeal to redact more parts of a judgment that ruled for an open trial of Bernard Collaery has been adjourned after three High Court judges questioned the application with one describing the case as being "fragmentation of a criminal proceedings at its worst" on Wednesday.
Attorney-General Michaelia Cash and her lawyers last December filed documents to the nation's highest court for special leave to appeal the publication of an ACT Court of Appeal judgment that overturned a prior decision to hold the trial largely behind closed doors.
