Bennett birched by WA Bureau de Spank ... Perth big shot ... Professional misconduct ... Disclosure of privileged information ... Guardianship proceedings ... Breach of orders ... Conscious disregard of the law ... Consideration of recklessness ... Breach of Harman obligation ... Anthony Kanaan reports ... Read more ...
Back in the ring ... Rape on the minister’s couch … Cover-up … Of course, there was a cover-up … Bettina Arndt and the Institute for the Presumption of Bruce Lehrmann’s Innocence … Linda Reynolds needs sympathy and money … Justice Lee’s loose crumbs ... Read on ...
Other Voices, Other Rooms ... Hack attack on barrister ... Heavy-handed Jewish lobby calling the shots ... No support from chambers ... Eerie silence from professional bodies about Gaza atrocities ... Latest cancellations ... Free speech in a spin ... From our Editorial Board ... Read more ...
Pressing issues of our time ... Slippery Pete Slipper, now of the Tas Bar n Grill, is campaigning for barristers (but certainly not solicitors) to robe up in the magistrates court ... More >>
Letter from London ... Floyd Alexander-Hunt's letter from Blighty ... Hugh Grant takes the money and leaves the box ... Last minutism ... And suprise round-up for Rwanda-bound refugees ... Read more ...
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Algorithmic injustices ... Criminal justice in the data age ... The lurking dangers when algorithms are used to dispense justice ... Predicting the pattern of potential offenders ... Anthony Kanaan interviews Dr Tatiana Dancy, author of Artificial Justice ... Read more ...
Justice Jeff Shaw's bingle ... Supreme Court judge's drink-drive experience ... Cars damaged in narrow Sydney street ... Touch driving ... Missing blood sample ... Equality before the law may not apply to judges ... Judges behind the wheel ... From Justinian's Archive ... November 4, 2004 ... Read more ...
Bar Talk • Monday, September 28, 2020 At last ... The steel box at the bottom of the sea has been burst open and the names of the 2020 NSW silk applicants have floated to the surface, where they bob around waiting for the sharks ... Here they are ... Old favourites aplenty ... Bar's difficulty with transparency ... Silk purse ... Sow's ear
Critics Corner, Miss Lumière • Wednesday, September 23, 2020 Questioning a dodgy invoice ... Corruption unravelled at the heart of Norwegian politics, law and the media ... Miss Lumière watches and reviews the eight part SBS series Heksejakt (Witch Hunt) ... Inspired by events in the real world ... Whistleblowing at its most courageous
Procrustes • Monday, September 21, 2020 Women's freedom ... The battles to change the law ... The vote ... The right to be elected ... Different histories in Australia and Britain ... Statues and celebration ... Procrustes reviews two books on pioneer women ... Plus, property rights and the productive value of koalas ... Leaf eaters as part of the commons
Drama • Tuesday, September 15, 2020 A scholar specialising in comedies from the Restoration and post-Restoration period has unearthed a hitherto unpublished work by a little-known writer of the period, Lady Georgina Brandis ... The title, "Can I Kiss You?" is drawn from indiscreet goings on in the royal court at the time ... Any resemblance to recent events, or persons living or dead, is purely coincidental
Judges • Friday, September 11, 2020 The Dyson Heydon allegations produced a torrent of new policies governing behaviour and manners ... Hands off ... Safer workplaces ... No complaints to the wallopers ... No fresh High Court investigations ... Pathways for survivors ... Help with the drinks ... Still a hot lunch at The Australian Club ... Janek Drevikovsky reports
On The Couch • Thursday, September 10, 2020 Meet the new CEO of the Law Society of NSW ... The first woman and the first Indigenous Australian to run the largest legal profession organisation in the country ... Long experience in public service and management ... Critical time for lawyers ... Constitutional change ... Uluru Statement from the Heart ... Family, Tim Tams, and a better Constitution ... Sonja Stewart is on Justinian's Couch
Around the Firms • Wednesday, September 9, 2020 Law Society's puts anti-lockdown lawyer on notice ... Conduct rules in play ... Bring it on ... Swollen crowdfunded war chest ... Anti-Vac ... Threats and tirades ... Calling on the AFP to prosecute the Premier of Victoria for "treason" ... "Nuremberg law" ... Alan Zheng reports on the cult of celebrity