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The plague of amnesia ... Memory and its failures ... Remembering to forget things ... Failure to take account of remissions in sentencing ... Relevant memories of experienced and inexperience judges ... An experienced judge writes ... Justinian's Archive, November 12, 2004 ... Read more >> 

 

 

Friday
Sep152023

Revelries and reminiscences

, • DateFriday, September 15, 2023

Late night harbourside with briefs from Level 22 ... Big birthday bash with style ... Different memories of Alan Jones' schooldays ... Walker boys in the classroom and on the oval ... Theodora reports 

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Thursday
Sep142023

Torrenside prosecutors - a dysfunctional workplace world

• DateThursday, September 14, 2023

Report into South Australia's Office of DPP paints a grim workplace picture ... Undervalued, underpaid and unhappy ... Lack of rising talent ... Too many cases ... Stress and rudeness ... No one is listening ... Ariana Haghighi reports 

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Thursday
Sep142023

Separation of powers get Mugga Muggered

, • DateThursday, September 14, 2023

ACT attorney general says the separation of powers doesn't apply in his toy town kingdom ... Acceptable for judicial and non-judicial roles to overlap ... High Court rulings not directly applicable in the territory ... Polly Peck reports 

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Tuesday
Sep122023

Larceny and fine wine

• DateTuesday, September 12, 2023

Wine thievery is all the rage ... Expensive bottles lifted from their rightful owners ... Product that is easily on-sold or fenced ... Top end drops now snugly located in Sydney's legal district, under lock n' key ... Justinian's wine reporter Gabriel Wendler is on the case 

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Tuesday
Sep052023

Two bit cwients

• DateTuesday, September 5, 2023

The Federal Court asks for help yet proves unhelpful to lawyers acting pro bono ... Need for a common policy on awarding costs in cases referred by the court ... Procrustes reports on his friend Muggins 

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Friday
Sep012023

The Stradford story

• DateFriday, September 1, 2023

Calamity Sal ... Another birching for Australia's worst judge ... No immunity for acting outside jurisdiction ... A thorough wigging ... Paltry damages of $309,450 ... ABA looking to beefed-up protections for rotten judges ... Time for Vasta to hand in his ticket ... Ginger Snatch, an associate of judges, reports 

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Friday
Sep012023

Curious conduct

, • DateFriday, September 1, 2023

Bookshelves Brandis lays it on thick for departing CJ ... Overly wordy judicial frolics ... NZ lawyers overworked, stressed and asking judges to be nice to them ... Latest delays ... Theodora reports 

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Thursday
Aug312023

Cossack's charge

• DateThursday, August 31, 2023

Hot potato ... Early leak of ACT criminal justice report ... Cossack insists he made no errors and didn't breach the Act ... Wants the chief minister to reflect and grovel ... Weighty correspondence released ... Flaws in the glass 

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Tuesday
Aug222023

Refreshments at the Saloon

• DateTuesday, August 22, 2023

Cheers ... New appointments to the High Court announced from Canberra ... Serious buttressing of brain power ... Lads and lasses from New South Wales in the ascendency ... The correct order restored ... From High Court watcher Montague Gummov 

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