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My Role in Gough's Downfall ... Reporter-at-Large … Scoops that flushed out the deceit behind the Dismissal … Big anniversary chinwag in Canberra on November 11 … The combined forces of Kerr, Ellicott and cousin Garfield … Constitutional manipulation … Maurice Byers to the rescue ... Read more >> 

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Knit one, purl one ... Iron Lady of legal rectitude endorses Gageler ... The chief justice wants judges on the straight and narrow ... The cardboard cutout model of legislative supremacy ... The evils of judicial activism ... Procrustes on the dance floor with the Legislative-Judicial Foxtrot ... Read more >> 

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 Pay packets for top brass at the Federal Courts ... A stonking $5 million all up ... See more >> 

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Berlusconi's dream world ... Revenge politics in Italy ... Independence of prosecutors under attack ... Constitutional assault ... The years of lead ... Investigations reopened into old murders ... High drama at Milan's Leoncavallo ... Rome correspondent Silvana Olivetti reports ... Read more >> 

"If we’re only picking people who have got completely lily-white records then we’ll be missing out on a lot of people that can contribute to public life." 

NSW Premier Chris Minns, endorsing Mal Lanyon, his pick for Police Commissioner, whose contributions to public life include shouting drunken obscenities at a paramedic who came to his aid, and commandeering a police launch for private entertainment on New Year's eve ... Read more flatulence ... 

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Schmoozing and betrayal ... Judge Water Softener rides into Integrityville mounted high on his horse ... Judicial review of corruption finding ... Intriguing submissions ... Unprecedented assistance to morals monitor ... The scale of the sub-rosa intrigue ... Plenty to think about ... Ginger Snatch reports ... Read more >> 

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News Desk Special ... Angelic death notices from the bar ... Soapy slips on FOI changes ... Unusual interlocutory costs order for Chris Dale ... Judge ticks off Abbott in letters' page ... Knock About's festive salute to the coppers ... January 19, 2015 ... Read more >> 

 

 

Tuesday
Mar202018

Roughshagger's last stand

• DateTuesday, March 20, 2018

Retired ACT judge delivers judgment eight months after he retired ... Not all litigants and lawyers joined in the fond farewells ... Magna Cartaism, involving over-writing and vast amounts of unnecessary detail ... Artemus Jones reports from the Molonglo 

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Tuesday
Mar202018

Michael Finnane QC

• DateTuesday, March 20, 2018

Michael Finnane joins us on the couch to talk about himself and his book The Pursuit of Justice ... In fact, he's concerned whether the courts actually deliver justice ... The sweep of history and experience from Menzies to Turnbull 

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Friday
Mar162018

Trust account chaos 

• DateFriday, March 16, 2018

Sad tales and true ... Homeless solicitor tragedy ... Lawyers' deficient defences ... Depletion of the jam roll ... Missing money ... Medical issues ... Nick Bonyhady reports from the Bureau de Spank 

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Friday
Mar162018

A right Charlie

• DateFriday, March 16, 2018

Waterstreet's unconvincing tax performance ... Last minute scramble not to appear in the Dizzo ... Judge Gibson unimpressed ... Wot's going on at Rake Chambers? ... Nick Bonyhady reports on the latest drama 

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Thursday
Mar152018

One more top hat for Willy Alstergren 

• DateThursday, March 15, 2018

Fusion of the federal courts ... Family Court upheaval ... Pascoe dumps Thackray ... Alstergren gets another top gig ... Lawyers dismayed 

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Monday
Mar122018

Hit the books 

, • DateMonday, March 12, 2018

Law librarians and knowledge gurus being retrenched across the industry ... DPP libraries not exempt from disruption ... The Archbold v Blackstone's stoush in the UK over criminal law services used at crown courts ... Jade goes it alone ... Nick Bonyhady reports from the silence of his law library 

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Wednesday
Mar072018

The taxman cometh

• DateWednesday, March 7, 2018

Experienced Sydney tax lawyer loses out to the commissioner ... Transactions were too ambiguous to be loans ... Not enough detail to support the taxpayer's claim ... Nick Bonyhady reports from court-side  

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Tuesday
Mar062018

The quest for perfect sentences

• DateTuesday, March 6, 2018

Sentencing Guidelines Council for Victoria ... Community input on sentencing ... Judges have the numbers on the new council ... Peach Melba's blog 

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Tuesday
Mar062018

Expunging the taint of Godwin

• DateTuesday, March 6, 2018

Former Credit-Suisse boss gives The Australian access to emails which seek to put the Ozcar fee deal into context ... Apparently, the emails were confidential then, but not now ... When documents tabled in the senate are characterised as "leaks" ... Treasury submission ignored in exculpatory "analysis" 

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