Judicial frolics … Judgment writing with diverting material added for free … What do Jane Austen, the Bible, Confucius, Oliver Cromwell, and characters from MASH have to contribute? … Judges loosen their pens with flights into the unexpected … Our Ringside Court Reporter looks at some discursive rambles
All Aboard
PROCRUSTES Monday, August 31, 2026The ABC reprises one of the ugliest moments in Australia’s immigration history … Tampa … The miserable sods who played politics at its most manipulative … Hazaras at sea … Election fodder … Mistreatment of non-whites turning up in “non-racist” Australia … Procrustes fumes
Waving, not drowning
Bar Talk Friday, August 21, 2026Silk Train … 104 NSW Bar contenders for senior counsel in 2026 … Repeat offenders … Many others you’ve not heard of … Flooding the market … Exclusive from our Chief Barman, Barry Tooth
Order of the Jackboot
Ginger Snatch Friday, August 21, 2026Fresh batch of delayed judgments … Swelling ranks at the Two Year Club … Some regular contenders … Chief Justices might consider inviting the slow coaches for a cup of tea and a chat … Litigants squirming … Ginger Snatch with the latest
The whistling wind
Courtney Docket Wednesday, August 19, 2026Whistleblowing … Opaque explanations to PID complaints on FCA National Judicial Registrar appointments … Skewed process … Favouritism … The lingering sore … Public Service Commission and Ombudsman drop the bundle … Senator’s detailed questions on notice … NACC flubs it … Courtney Docket reports
Tree hugging
PROCRUSTES Tuesday, August 18, 2026Procrustes brings news from the forests … Old growth logger spills ink on the Financial Review’s dead trees … It’s good for the trees to cut down native forests … Arguments in search of logic … Leadbeater’s Possum and great wildlife litigation … The importance of woodland hollows … Sugar Gliders strike back
Bankruptcy Abroad
Foreign Desk Monday, August 17, 2026Bankruptcy for former law partner who diverted partnership assets into a new firm … Mounting tally of bankruptcies from breakaway lawyers … Kazakhstan Kapers … Mae Milne in Paris with the latest
Miscarriage at Mt Isa
Court in the Act Friday, August 14, 2026Botched trial presided over by National Party adornment … Mt Isa Children’s Court … Unorthodox sitting time for jury deliberation … Pressured weekend deliberations … No dinner … Weird structure to summing up … Start again … Mae Milne reports