Queensland bikie case closed to public MEMBERS of the media and public will be banned from the hearing of an application to have the Finks motorcycle club declared a criminal organisation. Pompano Pty Ltd, a company linked to the chapter, unsuccessfully challenged Queensland's Criminal Organisation Act in the High Court earlier this year, arguing it was unconstitutional and denied procedural fairness. The High Court ruled against the challenge, meaning a Queensland police application lodged in the Supreme Court in Brisbane last year to have the chapter and the company declared criminal organisations will now proceed. A hearing has been set down for October. During a review of the matter on Wednesday, lawyers and Justice David Boddice agreed that the legislation stipulated the hearing should be held in closed court. Barrister Tony Kimmins SC, who appeared on behalf of Pompano, requested that members of the public and media also be banned from any preliminary hearings. The court was closed for the rest of the review.