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Plus ça change ... Racism and prejudice ... The police and their cultural predilections ... The ABC and its Lattouf problem ... Reprising Allan Ashbolt and Talbot Duckmanton ... Hard-line interest groups and special pleaders still bashing away at Aunty ... Procrustes files ... Read more ... 

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Gazette of Law & Journalism goes deeper into Justice Lee's findings on unreasonable journalism, journalists, and qualified privilege ... More >>

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Celebrations at the Lubyanka ... NSW Supreme Court judges gear up for a big birthday party ... Planned revelries ... Serious reflections ... History by the yards ... Monumental book ... Artworks ... Musicale ... From Miss Ginger Snatch, an associate of judges ... Read more ... 

"A Legal Braveheart who is a defender of the rule of law. Sofronoff had the courage to expose legal misadventure of the sort that must never be condoned. He deserves the nation's gratitude."

Rule of Law Institute plugging a forthcoming lecture by Walter Sofronoff with a quote from an editorial in The Australian. April 19, 2024 ... Read more flatulence ... 


For the latest developments in media law … www.glj.com.au 


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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 ... 


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Hoot ... Hoot ... No win, lots of fees – remembering Copper 7 … Conflicts and compromises ... Law and Social Work get cognate at U.Syd … Judge Felicity – feisty telly star … Wendler’s marmalade – by appointment ... From Justinian's Archive, July 30, 2010 ... Read more ... 


 

 

Tuesday
Jan152019

Hands off

Britain's leading legal lights call out old deplorables at the bar ... Too much inappropriateness ... The season of harassment ... New policies agreed by the Inns of Court ... Life at the bar is "deeply seductive" ... Current reporting rules for barristers are inadequate ... Latest from the Old Dart 

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Monday
Jan142019

Fire burn and cauldron bubble

Trump - Russia's man in Washington ... Unhinged, disordered, unfit ... More villains to walk the plank ... Buying elections and the gerrymander ... Conservative SCOTUS could make things worse ... Unqualified federal judges ... William Barr the new/old Matthew Whitaker ... Roger Fitch files from Washington 

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Friday
Jan112019

The politics of prosecuting 

UPDATE ... DPP news from Adelaide and Sydney ... Kimber out in SA ... Bar prez pressed for time ... Torrens' briefs beg the government to bring back the royal bauble ... NSW District Court trials get slower and longer ... Archbishop Wilson: police minister says sorry for being rude about a magistrate's sentencing decision 

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Wednesday
Jan092019

Age shall not weary them

Aged care royal commission ... Appointment schmozzle ... Dick Tracey to the rescue ... WA Supremes end up with an extra no-vowels judge 

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Friday
Dec212018

Sin City snippets

Latest chest developments ... Long Bay lock-down ... Court watch ... New judges galore ... Bathroom emergencies ... Legal aid's bush crisis ... Coronial selection capers ... Theodora reports 

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Friday
Dec212018

Cautious rights for Banana Benders

Explainer ... Queensland's Bill of Rights ... Cheers and Boos ... New law on the cusp of happening ... Final submissions ... From the dialogic school ... Compliance and remedies ... The culture warriors have nowhere to go ... Janek Drevikovsky spells it out  

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Wednesday
Dec192018

More of Rush's "spirited enthusiasm"

Yael Stone puts the cat among the pigeons ... Will Rush sue again? ... A confident and creditable performance ... The backstage role of Leon Zwier from Arnold Bloch Leibler ... Belittling women who have something to say ... Defamation, a mug's game 

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Sunday
Dec162018

A special moment

Rarified and ancient law subject ... Barely Legal comes third in the class ... A medal for his troubles ... Not much ceremony here ... Tin posing as bronze 

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Tuesday
Dec112018

The Scribblers Three

18C complaint ... Not a good case ... Laboured and snitty put-downs from hacks at The Australian ... Email warrior takes on the "free speech" brigade ... Tribal responses ... Janek Drevikovsky reports 

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