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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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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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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 >> 

 

 

Friday
Jul252025

Potty mouth solicitor dispatched

• DateFriday, July 25, 2025

NSW Court of Appeal takes dim view of solicitor who laced his correspondence with disrespectful insults ... Insufficiently professional ... Arrived from Greece with only his underpants ... No contrition ... Anthony Kanaan files 

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Thursday
Jul242025

Keep the engine running

• DateThursday, July 24, 2025

Central Asian law firm in 20 year Sydney spat with former partner ... The lost voice ... The joys of disproportionate litigation ... Prolixity ... Penny ante disputes ... Exasperation ... Bureau de Spank looms ... Plus ... Barrister in the sickbay ... Application to vacate ... Stoicism at the bar ... Wrong for respondents to expect unwell counsel to appear ... Anthony Kanaan reports 

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Friday
Jul182025

News from the Federales

• DateFriday, July 18, 2025

Federal Court's pride and prejudice ... Perception problem with limited contract for judicial well-being induction ... Aboriginal corporation stung by Federal Court beancounters for outrageous fees in public interest native title case ... Sandy Street firing on all pistons ... From our Courtside Correspondents 

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Friday
Jul182025

Suing for defamation - it's such a good idea

• DateFriday, July 18, 2025

Federal Court of Australia ... Sydney barrister loses bid for extension of time to bring appeal over decision allowing Giles George to intervene to seek an equitable lien over costs ... Falling out between barrister and firm after successful defamation action ... No error or procedural unfairness ... From Stephen Murray at the Gazette of Law & Journalism

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Thursday
Jul102025

Home duties

• DateThursday, July 10, 2025

The dumping of Attorney General Mark Dreyfus ... Behind the scenes ... Bastardry among the brothers ... Unfinished business ... Family law, privacy ... Considerable policy and legislative results ... Here's Michelle Rowland as AG ... What are her priors? ... Polly Peck reports from the Gallery 

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Tuesday
Jul082025

A girl called Sue

• DateTuesday, July 8, 2025

UPDATE ... Latest round for former senator ... Reynolds v The Commonwealth and HWL Ebsworth ... Federal Court clears the path for respondents to file applications for summary judgment or to strike out the case ... Former minister upset that Mark Dreyfus was cleared by NACC ... Ongoing bitterness and grief ... From Polly Peck in Canberra 

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Tuesday
Jul082025

Dog days in the defamation court

• DateTuesday, July 8, 2025

Hourly rates for celebrity reputation repair shop ... Uplift and away ... What it costs to win ... Stand off in "shameful" case ... Commercially sensitive exhibit revealed ... Report from judges' associate Ginger Snatch 

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Tuesday
Jul012025

London Calling

• DateTuesday, July 1, 2025

Sizzling in the Old Dart ... Story of the complaining law graduate ... Tattle Life brought to book ... Beckham family feud over royal gong ... Floyd Alexander-Hunt's postcard 

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Tuesday
Jul012025

Round-up from the Bureau de Spank

• DateTuesday, July 1, 2025

Solicitor acts without instructions from the donor of an power of attorney ... Dodgy mortgage - Melbourne law shop nailed for negligent advice over contest about freezing orders ... No immunity - Derailed Melbourne brief ... More Sandbach - Anthony Kanaan reports 

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