Letter from London


Voting at Australia House ... Polling at the Vatican ... Holding down three public service jobs at once ... LibDems want to tone down the noise ... How to foul-up a cover-up ... Floyd Alexander-Hunt on the case in Blighty
Conclave Part Two


Vatican fraudster returns ... And departs ... Another struck-off Cardinal re-emerges ... Blowflies in the Conclave ointment ... What can go wrong? ... Silvana Olivetti reports from Rome
Zeitgeist litigation
Matt Collins KC on live-streaming of high-profile trials ... Social media nightmare ... Abuse of barristers ... Chilling emails ... Trials as a form of public entertainment ... Courts sleepwalking into a dangerous zone ... Framework needed to balance competing interests ... Paper delivered to Australian Lawyers Alliance Conference
Postcard from Canada


News from the 51st State ... Conservatives on law 'n' blitz ... Separation of powers ... Hot issues for the election ... The "notwithstanding clause" ... Court dumps Musk and his X ... Anti-Trump fever sweeps the nation ... From Maple Bloom
Holding onto Hope: Gina Rinehart's Bleak House
Seeking chunks of the huge iron ore pit, Hope Downs ... Tracing the tangled Wright, Hancock, Rinehart litigation ... Allegations of fraud against the family trust ... Manouvering ... Tax "advice" ... Shifting vesting date ... Money, the root of unhappiness ... Anthony-James Kanaan reports
Fresh eggs for Easter


Geoffrey Nettle and Gary Hevey back to do the Robobedt corruption inquiry ... Whopping fees for nine months in the saddle ... Cleaning up after Major Gen. Brereton's messy conflicts ... The Lehrmann litigation factory in full production as key players rush for reputation repair ... Enough is enough ... Overlooked silken applicant David Smallbone wants to snitch Albo's seat ... An Easter contribution from our colleagues at 500Words.com.au
Chaos fascism


Mobster rule ... Threats and blackmail ... Civil society on the edge ... Tariffs and crashing markets are one thing ... There are also attacks on the media, lawyers, universities, foreign students, and so-called "enemy aliens" ... Roger Fitch files from a traumatised Washington