"I think the ray of light is that there is now an undertaking by government lawyers so that people on board the ship will be taken to a detention centre in the next couple of days," she said.
In response Gleeson gave an undertaking to the court not to engage in "any actions involving the surrender or delivery to custody of the Sri Lankan military or its delegates" without 72 hours' written notice.
The logic was simple: Sinn Fein was considered to be undertaking its baby steps in democracy.
There were times though, during the frenetic eight-day shoot, that "the incident with the horse" looked as if it might become the defining metaphor for an undertaking that was fraught going on chaotic.
"His character is in every way that of a moderate; he is absolutely capable of undertaking the necessary renovation without any leaps into the unknown," said Francesca Ambrogetti, one of his biographers.
Given that beyond this next Ashes series England will not be undertaking a Test match tour until they go to the Caribbean in April 2015, it may be the last trip of its kind for Swann, Anderson, and perhaps Kevin Pietersen, depending on his desire, and fitness to pursue 10,000 Test runs.
The undertaking is audacious and highly ambitious, for sea ice there will be near its maximum thickness.
Justice Crennan said the undertaking did not preclude Australia moving the asylum seekers on board "to some other place for processing", with counsel for the asylum seekers indicating they would move to submit further applications to prevent the asylum seekers being transferred for offshore detention.
Tajikistan is a state dependent on foreign aid, but that doesn't stop president Emomali Rahmon from undertaking extravagant building projects.
Initially officials were reluctant to respond about the idea of him undertaking community work.
Realising that there was little attention paid to the needs of bereaved children, she set up training and supervision for colleagues, as well as undertaking direct work.
