Snap … More than three years for reasons in a WA Supremes case … Piddling damages … Unsuccessful application for declarations against a Perth accountancy shop … Bafflement … Dr Jackman’s Nō-Dōz prescription required … Sandy Groper reports
Exits and entries
Theodora Thursday, October 8, 2026Bill Gummow’s moving farewell at the crem … Plenty of noise from within ART’s ranks … Official denial of interesting developments … Ex-PwC consultants saddle up for the NSW Law Society … Complaints against solicitors skyrocket … Down the garden path with CourtPath … Theodora’s latest bulletin
The Cat Rolls the Dice, again
Defamatorium Tuesday, October 6, 2026Melbourne underworld … Mick Gatto sues CMFEU investigator Geoffrey Watson SC … Court says Mick can proceed with an amended statement of claim … Concerns notice not entirely on foot with the latest pleadings … More rounds to come … Artemus Jones reports
Caution: Big Bill Ahead
Hellfire Club Monday, October 5, 2026Costly business …Big charger slapped for claiming his client had capacity when that was seriously in doubt … Bills subject to challenge and refunds … Guardian applies for a costs assessment of June bill … NSWCA puts its oar in … Mae Milne reports
Dodgy books? No problem
Hellfire Club Monday, October 5, 2026Inadequate disclosure of criminal history … Admission authorities take a dim view … Declaration of a conflict of interest missing from the records … Another abortive attempt for readmission … Mae Milne reports
Heart on the judicial sleeve
The Map Thursday, October 1, 2026Tasmania … Apprehended bias appeal in sexual assault damages case … Justice Stephen Estcourt’s Facebook posts … Alleged disposition in favour of sexual assault victims … Effect on award of $1.6 million … No publication order on Facebook posts lifted as appeal gets underway … Trevor Quoll in Hobart reports
Torpid languor
Sandy Groper Thursday, September 24, 2026Glacial judicial movements out west … Distinguished Supremos keep the customers waiting … Circuiteer’s snail-paced delivery burdened by grinding detail … Dizzo judge in fresh egregious error … Sandy Groper reports from Swanside
Suspicious activities
Court in the Act Wednesday, September 23, 2026Dodgy dealings with pensioner’s money … Red flags waved at BT Funds Management … Possible fraud … Empty office space … FCA sends solicitor to two Bureaux de Spank … Arrest of ex-lawyer suspected of sticky fingers … Mae Milne reports