Mr O'Gorman would know that the documents in support/opposition of the bail application, once filed, are a matter of public record.
Pre-release of allegations of the police of what is going to be presented to the Judge, might be titilating but I can't see it being harmful.
I was checking the civil records myself to see what had been filed apart from the application, and both side's material was filed last Friday, before the coming Monday's Bail application.
Unless the court orders a suppression on material, then anyone may look - for a fee - and I presume that's what the CM asked to do, and made some notes of the content of the affidavit.
Those who were following the Baden-Clay case may remember that posters here later obtained copies of some of the affidavits and exhibits that were lodged in relation to his bail applications.
In that case though, the affidavits weren't filed until the day of the bail hearing so no time for anyone to access them before the judge did.
The relevant rule here is
UNIFORM CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES 1999 - SECT 981
981 Searches
(1) A person may ask the registrar to search for and permit the person to inspect a document in a court file.
(2) If the person is not a party or a representative of a party, the person asking for the search or inspection must pay any prescribed fee for the search or inspection.
(3) Subject to any court order restricting access to the file or document or the file or document being required for the court's use, the registrar must comply with the request, unless there is not enough information for the registrar to be able to comply with it.
(4) The registrar may also, on payment of the prescribed fee, issue a certificate of the result of the search.
And this is from the Qld Courts site:
"Search and copy court documents
In Queensland, you can access files used in civil court cases in the Brisbane Supreme and District courts.
You can choose to look through these documents, or get a copy of them.
You can apply to our search and copy team to obtain court documents whether you are a legal practitioner or a member of the public.
Before you start
You will need to know the file number and/or document details before you start. You can find this information by searching the Queensland Courts Party Search.
Application fees
If you are a party to the requested matter, you will not need to pay a search fee. However, if the file is one that we keep offsite, you will need to pay a collection fee. If you choose to get a copy of the documents - instead of just viewing them - you will need to pay a copy fee.
If you are not a party to the requested matter, you will need to pay a search fee. Copy fees and offsite collection fees will also apply.
View search and copy fees.
Timeframe
It can take up to 72 hours to get your documents ready after you complete this application form.
We will contact you to let you know once your documents are ready for you to search, or your copies are ready to collect.
Legislation
View the legislation relating to searching and copy civil court documents.
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By way of a PS, remember that any eventual trial, it is the evidence that is presented to the Jury that matters - and jurers will be selected who probably haven't taken an intense interest in what's being published now.
I would just feel too vulnerable in some ways. This doesn't excuse Tostee's reaction afterwards as he was willing to be tied up. Maybe Rrie in her drunk state smacked him too hard on the bum and Tostee was only pretending to be into as he thought it would help get him laid. I don't know...but BDSM requires a lot of trust in my opinion and is not really something to play with a one night stand I would have thought. Each to their own though, people are into all sorts of things. I wonder if Tostee was intoxicated? Probably not knowing his style...he plies the girls with alcohol and stays sober but then also has bouts of black out drunkenness...oh far out this is doing my head in at 5am.
