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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
Pay packets for top brass at the Federal Courts ... A stonking $5 million all up ... See more >>
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 >>
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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 >>
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 >>
Around the Firms • Friday, December 20, 2019 Life's tough at HWL Ebsworth ... Salary partner booted by Juan when billings dropped ... No need to have a meeting of equity partners ... Benefit of incumbency vanishes ... Court of Appeal chops the damages by 72% ... Happy Christmas ... Nathan Twibill reports on round two of the Martinez and Griffiths stoush
Critics Corner • Thursday, December 19, 2019 Former judge Greg Woods reviews Frank & Fearless a memoir by former NSW DPP Nicholas Cowdery ... Policy intervention on drugs and mandatory sentencing ... Prosecutor in the Joh Bjelke-Petersen and Lionel Murphy cases ... Symmetry with Murphy's progressive views ... Salvos from the mothball fleet ... The Gordon Wood case ... Law reform
Profile • Thursday, December 19, 2019 Lawyer, rigger, runner, stagehand, actress and screenwriter ... Creator of Janet King ... A pitch for marriage equality ... Legal drama powered by family strife and prosecutorial tensions ... Parenting imperfectly ... Exaggerated reality ... Gudrun Willcocks catches-up with Jane Allen beachside
Court in the Act • Monday, December 16, 2019 Julian Assange's case and the US Supreme Court ... Similarities and differences with the Pentagon Papers case ... Journalist or dumper of uncurated leaks ... Nature and quality of the information published ... Is the First Amendment up to fending off the Espionage Act ... Predictions and uncertainties from Tom Manousaridis
City Desk • Friday, December 13, 2019 Full-force campaign to derail investigative work by Fairfax journalists ... Legal threats and PR spin ... The Australian signed-up to the attack - in the process looking more than usually foolish ... "Reputation" restoration based on fallacies ... International corporate bribery specialists claim to be blackmailed ... The flow of emails ... Janek Drevikovsky reports
Critics Corner • Wednesday, December 11, 2019 Peter Lyons book Advocacy - A Practical Guide ... Reviewed by Paul Hardman ... Helping judges come to the right decision ... Loved by Lord Pannick ... Techniques from the leading lights ... Presentation skills ... Preparation ... From the author of the best-selling Not One Jot
Court in the Act • Tuesday, December 10, 2019 WA barrister cannot represent his brother and their company in a fee dispute ... Potential conflict of interest ... Solicitor chasing money from counsel ... Solicitor-barrister duo the team of choice for sub-contractors on many major projects in WA during the boom times ... Sadly, now in court wresting over money ... Jenek Drevikovsky reports
Goings On ..., Theodora • Friday, December 6, 2019 Clive James bird's-eye view from London on Marcus (The Mensch) Einfeld ... The prisoner and the judge - repartee in the NSW Supremes ... New silk by the yard ...Master of the Rolls reflects on Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane ... Policing NSW-style - "pull over driver" ... Theodora reports