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    "It was in this very fluid context of 'please, more, give me more'. He gave her more, but he gave her too much.

    What happened on the 24th of August was not a rape, but an unpleasant episode in what was otherwise a pleasant relationship."  

    Barrister Charles Waterstreet for Liam Gordon Murphy, "The Wolf", charged with three counts of aggravated sexual assault inflicting actual bodily harm after allegedly beating the victim he met on a fetish website with a cable. Downing Centre Local Court, May 14, 2018 ... Read more flatulence ... 

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    Chesty says nyet to Nyst ... Struggle over legal fees paid by alleged drug dealers produces some intriguing arguments over who owns the loot … Sizzling retainer agreement in contention ... Sir Terence O'Rort reporting ... From Justinian's archive, January 2, 2010 ... Read more ... 

     

    Saturday
    Feb242018

    Taxing times in Parramatta 

    • DateSaturday, February 24, 2018

    Solicitor preferred paying lease fees for Merc and Beemer rather than paying his tax ... Claim that as director of an incorporated legal practice a lawyer does not have a personal obligation to pay the firm's tax bills ... Cash flow problems ... Louise Hall reports 

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    Tuesday
    Feb202018

    You're the tops ...

    • DateTuesday, February 20, 2018

    Women atop the common law world (or at least the UK, Canada, NZ and Australian branches) ... Career paths via academia and law reform, except for Susan Kiefel, who had a harder row to hoe ... Procrustes riffles through the bios of the world's female CJs 

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    Monday
    Feb192018

    Imperilled by the Barnababy

    • DateMonday, February 19, 2018

    What's an embarassing clown like Barnaby Joyce doing as deputy prime minister of Australia? ... This sort of regressive, oafish, politician is well past his use-by date ... Artemus Jones looks at the mess the government has made of the Joyce affair and Turnbull's limited options to save himself from more ruin 

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    Friday
    Feb162018

    Carnival of the animals

    • DateFriday, February 16, 2018

    The untidiness of creative lives ... Casting reputations into the fire ... Should we ignore the creative work of perverts and fiends? asks Procrustes ... (But, what's the answer? Ed.) ... Selective righteousness 

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    Wednesday
    Feb142018

    Farewell to the judge who shouted at another judge

    • DateWednesday, February 14, 2018

    Bus conductor, shop steward, cricketer, solicitor, barrister, social justice campaigner, stirrer, judge ... Being rude to a judge is not a contempt ... Goodbye to Judge Bob Toner ... Big send-off at Balmain Town Hall 

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    Tuesday
    Feb132018

    Abuse from a variety of angles

    • DateTuesday, February 13, 2018

    The NSW Court of Criminal Appeal struggling with the term "private parts" ... Child sex offences ... When is a female "breast" not a female breast? ... Sexualisation of children by repeat offender 

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    Monday
    Feb122018

    Porn barrister's #MeToo moment

    , • DateMonday, February 12, 2018

    UPDATE. Q&A on Thursday with sexual harassment experts ... Where are the writs? ... Defamatorium ... Publisher's contra deal with law shop 

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    Thursday
    Feb082018

    Bullied, bewitched and bewildered

    • DateThursday, February 8, 2018

    Tasmanian solicitor put off the tracks after failing to hand over her client file on a case before the coroner ... Strange happenings in Van Diemen's Land ... Who killed Rita Greer? ... Nick Bonyhady reports 

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    Friday
    Feb022018

    Immersion therapy

    • DateFriday, February 2, 2018

    Filling the heads of young students with an out-and-about view of the law ... Working in groups ... ABA's expensive knees-up in Canberra ... Immaculate conception of Queensland queenies ... Christian Porter takes off his clothes 

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