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| Theodora July 30, 2010 |
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| Hoot ... Hoot | |
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No win, lots of fees – remembering Copper 7 … Law and Social Work get cognate at U.Syd … Judge Felicity – feisty telly star … Wendler’s marmalade – by appointment ... more |
| City Desk July 28, 2010 | |
| How goes the auction? | |
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Elections are less than eight months away for long-suffering NSW voters … Are the Liberals sticking to the promise not to engage in a law and order auction? ... The new agenda is rehabilitation, with punitive add-ons … The political straddle is alive and well … Samantha Bowers reports ... more |
Jaws
July 28,
2010  |
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| The Commoner | |
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Jaws drools at Melbourne’s new darling of nosh … Thriller mushrooms … Ethereal gnocchi … Whimsical twists … Experimental meringues … Al fresco plating ... more |
| Roger Fitch Esq July 23, 2010 | |
| Rough treatment by the courts | |
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“You have a right to a speedy trial – unless they need to torture you first” ... The media’s characterisation of waterboarding – it used to be called torture, now it’s nothing special … Americans stripped of their citizenship by transport safety bureaucrats … Our Man in Washington reports ... more |
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Victoria Mole
July 23,
2010 |
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| Of grease and tears and judges | |
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MasterChef and its lawyer cooks … A round or two with Dyson Heydon is excellent training for plating-up to George, Gary and Matt … Leaving the brulée off the crème would be akin to omitting the vitals of a contract … Vicki Mole blogs ... more |
| Percy Lo-Kit Chan July 22, 2010 | |
| HK's politico judicial juggling act | |
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Conflicts lawyers salivating … Hong Kong court told to butt out of case involving claims of sovereign immunity … US hedge fund wants it’s money back … Arbitral award over debts owed by state enterprises … Percy Lo-kit Chan files this report ... more |
| Tulkinghorn July 22, 2010 | |
| Snake oil regulation | |
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Lawyer advertising … Self-regulation keeps the lean and hungry lawyers at bay and controls the snake oil salesmen … Ad hocery galore … Why should the industry trade unions decide what lawyers can spruik? ... Brydens (when winning is everything) takes on the regulators … Tulkinghorn goes to town ... more |
| Court in the Act July 21, 2010 |
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| Who's laughing now? | |
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Kookaburras and copyright … Media neglects critical points in reporting damages decision in Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree v Down Under ... Larrikin’s claim “excessive, overreaching and unrealistic” ... Kookaburras are greedy creatures … Leanne O’Donnell reports ... more |
| Leverhulme July 19, 2010 | |
| Notes from the Paddington end | |
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Mandy furiously promoting The Third Man ... Judge resigns over rent-boy indiscretion … Clegg wants to overturn law that bans animals fornicating with Royal corgis … Punter wins hedging bets case – London Calling ... more |
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City Desk
July 19,
2010 |
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| Estcourt on Web 2 | |
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Stephen Estcourt QC, foodie, blogger and social media fiend, reveals how Web 2 has expanded his life and work … #willingnesstohelp ... more |
| Evan Whitton July 16, 2010 | |
| Saving newsprint by omitting drivel | |
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Election advice – ignore the War Party … Abe Saffron – libel terrorist … Rugby notes … Conniptions at Uni of Syd over Challis chair and law school merger … Evan Whitton at large ... more |
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On the Couch
July 14,
2010 |
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| John Hatzistergos | |
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Away from the oil-stained bilges of NSW politics and resting gently on Justinian’s couch the NSW Attorney General can be surprisingly mellow … A man who is both jovial and charming … Or was he speaking with an unpipped Kalamata olive in his mouth? ... more |
| Critics' Corner July 13, 2010 | |
| Whitelocke on Lawmanship | |
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Beguiling pastiche of barristerial posturing … The importance of looking the part … The Velvet Salamander transforms into the Silver Canetoad … James Hutton reviews Bullstrode Whitelocke’s essential text for advocates ... more |
| City Desk July 12, 2010 | |
| Raw prawns and tabloid beat-ups | |
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Effectiveness of incarceration … The Crime and Justice Reform Committee has been setting out the facts on rates of imprisonment … An interesting study in contrasts … Fairfax and Murdoch reptiles absorb different messages over Danny Gilbert’s delicious treats ... more |
| Barry Lane July 7, 2010 | |
| Lies, damn lies and economic modelling | |
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KPMG leads where most lawyers fear to tread … Working both sides of the street … Conflicts in the eye of the beholder … Redrawing the fine line on “independent” advice … Barry Lane reports ... more |
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Tippy
July 5,
2010 |
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| Creeps and cads | |
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The inner-life of tipstaves … Souring of passions … Tippy seeks to comfort her wounded colleague with a strong dose of callousness … All the bowing and scraping takes a toll on the lass ... more |
| City Desk July 5, 2010 | |
| Unlocking the archive | |
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Miles of shelf space liberated … Bold scheme to digitise first hundred volumes of the CLR … Open access for the uplift of humanity … Sponsors sought ... more |
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Pious Cant
July 2,
2010 |
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| I feel the need, the need for speed | |
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Pious Cant Esq in Tokyo reveals his ePersonality Disorder … Too much dopamine-squirting from internet and social media hyper-activity … Decreased empathy is the only way to survive in Big Law … Being detached and disconnected while simultaneously being plugged-in and connected ... more |
| Sir Terence O'Rort July 1, 2010 | |
| Situation vacant | |
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Update ... Sir Terence O’Rort’s story bemoaning the failure to find a new Supreme Court judge for Queensland has produced results … David Boddice discovered to be the missing “Justice A” ... Hallelujah ... more |