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Thursday
Sep162021

I Once Met ... Lionel Murphy 

• DateThursday, September 16, 2021

The editor meets Lionel Murphy for the first time ... But not the only time ... Unfolding the Whitlam government's agenda in the senate leader's office ... New wallpaper ... An unexpected interruption ... Interview with cub reporter 

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Thursday
Sep162021

Trust me - I'm blind

• DateThursday, September 16, 2021

An abundance of caution ... Porter sunk and lost on the "fit and proper" standard ... The politician who shot himself in both knees ... End is nigh ... Previous explanations full of holes ... More about the trust 

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Tuesday
Sep142021

The tail end of the American century

• DateTuesday, September 14, 2021

Decline and fall following 9/11 ... Damage wrought by the "war on terror" ... Democracy looks wobbly ... Brigade of unscrupulous lawyers shredded the law ... Nacht und Nebel ... Guantánamo detainees now in the Taliban government ... Roger Fitch files from Washington 

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Friday
Sep102021

Vlad impaled

• DateFriday, September 10, 2021

A WIN win ... Atanaskovic unsuccessful in fight over bill ... Client charged for investigation into money filched by firm's employee ... Promise not to charge ... Work infected by conflict ... No informed consent ... Goodbye $150,000 ... Janek Drevikovsky reports 

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Friday
Sep102021

Vignettes

, • DateFriday, September 10, 2021

Chambers lockdown as Covid strikes gilded floor ... Cows come home in well-executed judicial flourish ... Family lawyers urged to wise-up to "reputation risk management" ... Magistrate sticks his beak into reworking the prosecution case ... Theodora reports 

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Thursday
Sep092021

Western mail

• DateThursday, September 9, 2021

Laying it on thick at swearing-in ceremonies ... Facts ignored in the face of too much grovel ...  Quick judge spanked for slowing down the works ... Anti-rights zealot plonked into the human rights chair ... Groper reports from Perth 

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Tuesday
Sep072021

Guns and taxes

• DateTuesday, September 7, 2021

Tasmanian tax luminary goes down in land tax appeal ... Properties held in trust and super fund ... Back tax assessed ... Incorrect classification as "principal residence" ... Facts not law 

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Monday
Sep062021

Full-throttle public spanking

• DateMonday, September 6, 2021

Court of Appeal throws out muddle-headed Law Society plea to suppress identity of "permanently" unfit solicitor ... Offending solicitor's name already online ... Open justice ... Public must not think lawyers get favourable treatment, even though they do ... Janek Drevikovsky reports 

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Sunday
Sep052021

Google foe goes down before the stipes

• DateSunday, September 5, 2021

Gangland lawyer done for professional misconduct ... Misleading the VLSC ... Relationship dispute ... Acting for one partner when previously acted for the other ... Delays ... Procrastination ... Reckless misstatements ... A good wet lettucing ... Janek Drevikovsky on the case 

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