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| Roger Fitch Esq March 11, 2010 | |
| Our Man in Washington | |
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Prez Obama’s “alternative” national security police is in ruins … John Yoo cocky after getting a clean bill of health from DoJ fixer … Clarence Thomas’ chambers a breeding ground for torture lawyers … Another Cheney chucking muck ... more |
Jaws
March 11,
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| Spice Temple | |
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Food for lawyers … Jaws lets the ajectives fly as she grazes on Spice Temple’s 10-dish banquet … Not quite like the Cantonese restaurants littered through Australian country towns ... more |
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Deja Vu
March 9,
2010 |
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| Rewind | |
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From Justinian’s hard copy archive … The NSW bar’s great struggles against John Basten and Wendy Bacon ... more |
| Court in the Act March 9, 2010 | |
| Cha Cha Cha | |
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Defamatorium … The mother of all hellish defamation cases … Years in the making … Endless drama … Barristers birched for lack of computer skills … Samantha Bowers reports ... more |
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Victoria Mole
March 8,
2010 |
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| Hell hath no fury like a womyn adorned | |
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A coven of overcompensating womyn disturbs Vicki’s life at the Firm … It must be catching … She now senses the smoldering development of her own sociopathic possibilities ... more |
| Procrustes March 8, 2010 | |
| Zombies arise | |
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The Bill of Rights war … Proscrustes, zombie-like, fights back … More bunk from Prof Allan in Queensland … Unchecked executive power is having a lovely time in Australia … Whereas the Poms are applying restraints on over-the-top coppers and spooks ... more |
| Barry Lane March 5, 2010 | |
| More robust advocacy | |
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Melbourne silk Paul Scanlon in the frame, again … Victory at any price … Inappropriate closing address … Trial judge Jack Forrest also knuckle-rapped … VWA defending with no real case ... more |
| Theodora March 5, 2010 | |
| Goings On ... | |
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Property shocks … Godwin Grech takes interior design to an exciting new level … Coppers haven’t closed the book on Grech investigation … Drama in John Alexander’s steam room … Grouting horror … Too much French in Glenmore Road ... more |
| Barry Lane March 3, 2010 | |
| Litigation Lotto | |
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How many judges does it take to work out whether leave should be given for a workplace injury claim? ... Never enough … The Lotto barrel spins until “reasoning” is exhausted ... more |
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Pious Cant
March 2,
2010 |
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| Surface ripples | |
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Adventures with Square, Esq … Introducing Pious Cant, blogging from his big law associate’s desk on a little island in Japan … He ventures into the presence of a partner whose mathematical rigidity is so severe that it brings on a bout of lap-dancing ... more |
| Stephen Keim March 2, 2010 | |
| Behold, the seven paragraphs | |
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Security agencies die in a ditch over seven redacted paragraphs in Binyam Mohamed case … What was all the fuss about? ... Dishonest evidence from MI5 … Stephen Keim reports ... more |
| Theodora February 26, 2010 | |
| Goings On ... | |
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Another big firm commercial litigation solicitor tapped for the NSW Supreme Court … Due diligence completed … Announcement awaited ... more |
| Tulkinghorn February 26, 2010 | |
| Judicial "independence" | |
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A lot of fruity-sounding rhetoric accompanies “judicial independence” ... It’s really a trade union thing … French CJ, Bindi Irwin and The Mensch are among the most trusted Australians ... more |
| Judges February 26, 2010 | |
| Whose money? | |
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Update ... Victorian Supreme Court judges take legal advice on salary overpayments … Stand-off with the government … Nothing so simple as just paying back the money ... more |
| Hellfire Club February 24, 2010 | |
| Unlikely to reoffend | |
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Sentencing of former Chatswood solicitor Christopher Fitzsimons … Manic gambler chomped through trust account money … Custodial policy for fraudulent solicitor with bi-polar disorder and alcohol dependence … Samantha Bowers reports ... more |
| Court in the Act February 22, 2010 | |
| Forensic follies | |
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Western Australia maintains its reputation for cocked-up prosecutions … The DPP defiant in the face of glaring oversights and errors … Flawed forensic approach not addressed … Tom Westbrook reports on the case of Patrick Waring ... more |
| Theodora February 18, 2010 | |
| Goings On ... | |
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Capitalism is a beautiful thing … Rude citizens take an opportunity to poke out their tongues at Peter Jacobson and his Kookaburra decision … And CSR’s asbestos restructure attracts some scabby opponents ... more |
| Roger Fitch Esq February 17, 2010 | |
| Our Man in Washington | |
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Talk of Supreme Court reshuffle … Judicial appointments in chaos because of senate obstruction … Obama’s Nixonesque management style … Administration confirms it has authority to assassinate troublemakers at home and abroad … Confusion confounds terror trials ... more |
| City Desk February 17, 2010 | |
| Conferenceville | |
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Cross-cultural hobnobbing … Last day of the big American Bar conference in Sydney … Aspersions cast freely … No shortage of sponsored refreshments … Yarran Hominh reports ... more |
| Leverhulme February 12, 2010 | |
| London Calling | |
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Who said there was sexual repression in the British Isles? ... From footballers to politicians, they’re at it like stoats … Leverhulme visits Belfast and gets the lowdown on the “Swish Family Robinson” ... more |
| Court in the Act February 12, 2010 | |
| Defamatorium | |
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Judicial tolerance on display as Supreme Court explores the nickname “Ankles” ... Ray Chesterton v 2UE ... Old rugby league reporter savaged by John Laws … When friends fall out ... more |