Depression dispatches


Solicitors losing their grip ... Mental health and legal practice ... No adequate explanations offered to the stipes ... Judges under siege ... Where mental health prevents a lawyer dealing with professional complaints ... Ticket suspended ... Jennifer Cooke reports from the Bureau de Spank
When only the victim speaks the truth


Book review ... A story of childhood sexual assault ... Where the complainant is distressed that the accused's evidence questioned her version of events ... Joanna Jenkins defends natural justice in the face of a victim's anger ... Job of the judge to present both cases to the jury ... Sentencing juvenile offenders
Judicial speedster too heavy on the accelerator


UPDATE ... Full Federal Court bounces another decision from Sandy Street in the Federal Circuit Court ... Conduct of the hearing "fell short of what was desirable" ... Unfairness generated by the court ... Inadequate reasons in another review heard by Street required the full court to rehear the application ... Nick Bonyhady reports
Herogram for a CLC


Inner Melbourne Community Legal's first 40 years ... Started by big-wigs for disadvantaged citizens ... Health-Justice partnerships ... Legal-Social partnerships ... Addressing underlying contributors ... Identifying patterns in legal issues... Peach Melba on a vibrant social-justice model
News from the font of misfeasance


ICAC chalks-up another win ... Corrupt businessman's notice to produce sent packing ... Seeking documents related to findings about property deals at The Rocks ... Journalist's campaign against ICAC founders ... Bizarre straddle on UN meddling in our precious sovereignty ... Nick Bonyhady reports
Lend me your ears


Striking off ... Workers comp solicitor bites the dust over bogus legal aid claim ... Claim for hearing aids that were never part of the compensation consent orders made by the WCC ... Defenestrated solicitor still plying the trade in court ... Secretary knows nothing ... Jennifer Cooke reports from NCAT