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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
Sep262023

From out of the West

Across the Nullarbor ... Another judicial delay ... Appeal against failure to recuse in defamation case ... Apprehension of bias ... Insufficient disclosure of tribunal member's connection with a complainant in barrister's fees case ... Disharmony in siblings estate dispute ... Groper's latest bulletin 

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Tuesday
Sep192023

Letter from London

Fighting SLAPP and tickle with a task force ... Law firm managing partner siphoned £64 million from the clients for a property spree ...  Bed sheets assist terror accused escape from pokey ... Birth father looped into adoption details ... Throwing the book at climate protestors ... Floyd Alexander-Hunt reporting from the Old Dart 

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Friday
Sep152023

Revelries and reminiscences

Late night harbourside with briefs from Level 22 ... Big birthday bash with style ... Different memories of Alan Jones' schooldays ... Walker boys in the classroom and on the oval ... Theodora reports 

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Thursday
Sep142023

Torrenside prosecutors - a dysfunctional workplace world

Report into South Australia's Office of DPP paints a grim workplace picture ... Undervalued, underpaid and unhappy ... Lack of rising talent ... Too many cases ... Stress and rudeness ... No one is listening ... Ariana Haghighi reports 

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Thursday
Sep142023

Separation of powers get Mugga Muggered

ACT attorney general says the separation of powers doesn't apply in his toy town kingdom ... Acceptable for judicial and non-judicial roles to overlap ... High Court rulings not directly applicable in the territory ... Polly Peck reports 

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Tuesday
Sep122023

Larceny and fine wine

Wine thievery is all the rage ... Expensive bottles lifted from their rightful owners ... Product that is easily on-sold or fenced ... Top end drops now snugly located in Sydney's legal district, under lock n' key ... Justinian's wine reporter Gabriel Wendler is on the case 

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Tuesday
Sep052023

Two bit cwients

The Federal Court asks for help yet proves unhelpful to lawyers acting pro bono ... Need for a common policy on awarding costs in cases referred by the court ... Procrustes reports on his friend Muggins 

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Friday
Sep012023

The Stradford story

Calamity Sal ... Another birching for Australia's worst judge ... No immunity for acting outside jurisdiction ... A thorough wigging ... Paltry damages of $309,450 ... ABA looking to beefed-up protections for rotten judges ... Time for Vasta to hand in his ticket ... Ginger Snatch, an associate of judges, reports 

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Friday
Sep012023

Curious conduct

Bookshelves Brandis lays it on thick for departing CJ ... Overly wordy judicial frolics ... NZ lawyers overworked, stressed and asking judges to be nice to them ... Latest delays ... Theodora reports 

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