The Twelve
Critics Corner, Miss Lumière • Thursday, August 6, 2020 Belgium's criminal justice system up-close ... Role of judges, jurors, witnesses and counsel ... Jurors with discordant, flawed lives ... Final judgment ... Miss Lumière sees how continental law deals with murder most foul
Stormin' Norman raises the white flag
Bar Talk • Monday, August 3, 2020 UPDATE ...Shining light of the Yarraside bar 'n' grill has withdrawn his defence to overcharging allegations in the Banksia Securities class action ... Conceded judgment should be made against him and that it is appropriate he be struck from the jam roll ... Fee doctoring on an industrial scale ... Transcript ... Contradictor's compilation of misdeeds ... Ginger Snatch reports
Theodora's notebook
Goings On ..., Theodora • Friday, July 31, 2020 The Tamil's legal affairs section has closed-up shop, but he's still scribbling for The Australian as a contributor ... Lucky us ... Paid private tours of the courts and cosy chats with judges organised by Robin and his Merry Men ... Rule of law gets a libertarian makeover ... Theodora reports
Leverhulme's London Calling
Leverhulme • Wednesday, July 29, 2020 People in the Old Dart struggle to get to grips with pandemic life ... Criminal barristers are on the skids ... Pub etiquette has changed ... Try ordering a pint ... Compulsory masks in shops ... Leverhulme meets trouble in the bakery ... Righteous zealots take the high ground ... Crisis report
Top End trifecta at the Last Chance Saloon
Court in the Act • Tuesday, July 28, 2020 Pride and Prejudice
Around the Firms • Tuesday, July 28, 2020 Full Feds fed-up to the back teeth ... Eldon's submissions scotched ... Appeal from harassing conveyancer tossed out ... Sexual harassment that was not meant to be sexual ... Solicitor in his underwear ... Loitering in female employee's bedroom ... Hugs ... Damages should have been greater ... An elephant in love ... Janek Drevikovsky reports
Delusions dossier
Around the Firms • Monday, July 27, 2020 UPDATE ... Constitutional deconstruction ... The anti-mask, no jabs brigade looks to the outer reaches of the law for support ... Freedom-loving conspiracy theorists fighting tyranny and trolls ... GoFundMe's cash sprinkler ... Bill Gates to blame ... Alan Zheng reports from the frontline
A beastly time
Barely Legal • Saturday, July 25, 2020 Collapse of the world order ... Yet, the annual round of law firm clerkship applications proceeds unabated ... Zoomathons without tasty sandwiches ... The pitches ... The critical questions ... The psychometric tests ... The online interviews ... Barely Legal jumps through hoops to land a poorly paid plum job