Top
SEARCH
Justinian News

Criminal Code Amendment (State Sponsors of Terrorism) Bill 2025 ... Interacting with deemed state entities could land you in pokey ... Another layer of counter-terror law to make us all feel safer ... More >> 

Politics Media Law Society

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 >> 

Editor's Choice
  • Articles, Opinions, Notions & Cases
    • Financial Review
      Boffins from the Centre for Public Integrity say the FOI Bill is a regressive restriction on government accountability
    • The Nightly
      Blood out of stone ... Ruthless Linda Reynolds dragging David Sharaz into bankruptcy
    • Pearls and Irritations
      October 7 can and should be remembered by Israelis and by Palestinians as marking the commencement of the genocide ... Greg Barns SC
    • The New York Times
      The US Solicitor General ... Trump's man at the Supreme Court has an impressive success rate
    • Bar Association of NSW
      New senior counsel appointments with professional backgrounds
This area does not yet contain any content.
Free Newsletter
Justinian Columnists

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 >> 

Blow the whistle

 

News snips ...

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

Justinian's Bloggers

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 ... 

For the latest developments in media law … www.glj.com.au 

Justinian Featurettes

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 >> 

Justinian's archive

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
Feb212017

Tales of the South Pacific

• DateTuesday, February 21, 2017

Enjoying a Slice of Samoa ... Fees burnt in Cauldron blaze ...  "Don't hesitate - litigate" ... More prosecutors take to the bench  

Read more | Subscribe

Sunday
Feb192017

The journalistic career of Michael Bradley

• DateSunday, February 19, 2017

Busy managing partner pumps out the commentary in a prolific stream of articles ... While many journalists are desperate to get into law we find a lawyer who's bursting to write 

Read more | Subscribe 

Thursday
Feb162017

Say nothing

• DateThursday, February 16, 2017

Supreme Court's broad restraining order against Amber Harrison ... Rest of the media threatened by Channel 7 with dire consequences if they report any of Amber's comments, even nice ones ... Media company specialising in skewering victims and broadcasting salacious exposés now demands a cone of silence 

Read more | Subscribe

Wednesday
Feb152017

Keeping in touch with Madge

• DateWednesday, February 15, 2017

Solicitor sends letters to the magistrate hearing his case ... Other side not copied in ... Professional misconduct ... Coming close to an intentional breach of the rules ... Deliberate v reckless ... Matters of substance ... VCAT examines mental state of an experienced solicitor 

Read more | Subscribe

Tuesday
Feb142017

Will Alstergren

• DateTuesday, February 14, 2017

Will Alstergren QC - the crowned head of the nation's briefs ... A Norwegian with milk in the refrigerator ... Who does the president of the Australian Bar Association fear and admire? ... On the Couch with a surfing barrister 

Read more 

Monday
Feb132017

Besmirching the judges

• DateMonday, February 13, 2017

Trump whips-up furore against the judiciary ... Where does that leave Neil Gorsuch? ... Plenty of reasons this nominee should decline the invitation to join SCOTUS ... On the horns of a dilemma ... Pillsbury Flom comments 

Read more | Subscribe

Saturday
Feb112017

Peter Dutton v Lord Atkin

• DateSaturday, February 11, 2017

Claims that executive decisions are beyond review ... Immigrants at the hands of Trump and Dutton ... National security and strife ... Lord Atkin in a House of Lords decision 76 years ago showed the way ... A barrister explains 

Read more | Subscribe

Friday
Feb102017

"Every Little Breeze ..."

• DateFriday, February 10, 2017

Clarrie Briese, former chief magistrate of NSW, granted access to senate documents ... One of Lionel Murphy's main accusers to tell his story ... "And now, what about my little mate?" ... The saga that keeps on giving 

Read more | Subscribe

Tuesday
Feb072017

Veritas in trouble

• DateTuesday, February 7, 2017

The Future of News - Journalism in a Post-Truth Era ... Big chinwag at Harvard with luminaries from the print and online worlds ... Truth now out-of-fashion ... Journos grapple with what's next ... No immediate solutions ... Hannah Ryan's Letter from Cambridge 

Read more 

Page 1 ... 131 132 133 134 135 ... 171 Next 9 Entries »