Former SDLP councillor Mairia Cahill has resolved her legal action over a law which required local government election candidates to publish their home address.
Judicial review proceedings against the Secretary of State were due to get underway at the High Court in Belfast but the case was taken out of the lists after it emerged that a settlement has been reached.
With a final order set to be issued at a later stage, no further details were disclosed.
Ms Cahill came to public attention in 2010 by alleging she had been raped as a teenager by a member of the IRA.