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Tuesday
Dec112018

The Scribblers Three

• DateTuesday, December 11, 2018

18C complaint ... Not a good case ... Laboured and snitty put-downs from hacks at The Australian ... Email warrior takes on the "free speech" brigade ... Tribal responses ... Janek Drevikovsky reports 

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Monday
Dec102018

Dizzo World

• DateMonday, December 10, 2018

Inconvenient early plea adjournments ... Dizzo defends its patch ... Judges will switch-off repetitive briefs ... Commercial cases rescued by retrospective legislation ... Fresh new judges, but the bar wants the court to be reviewed ... Walama Court goes wanting 

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Monday
Dec102018

Rethinking the delivery of law

• DateMonday, December 10, 2018

Justice Project largely overlooked by the media ... A legal system in need of change at every level ... LCA report urges a "holistic", multi-disciplinary approach ... Identifying potential legal problems before they take hold ... Justice Impact Tests ... Peach Melba on the case 

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Friday
Dec072018

You feeling safe now, punk?

• DateFriday, December 7, 2018

Decrypring the encryptions ... Christmas spree of paedophiles and terrorists thwarted (not quite) ... Requests and notices ... Anti-corruption commissions removed from the scheme ... New legislation back for further tweaking in the New Year ... Oversight missing in inaction ... International ramifications ... Janek Drevikovsky reports 

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Thursday
Dec062018

Letter from the Court of St James's

• DateThursday, December 6, 2018

Update from Australia House ... HE George Brandis sends Christmas greetings from The Strand ... Marvellous party ... 100th birthday for Australia House ... Bronze bust to be commissioned of HE ... London Diary ... And more 

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Tuesday
Dec042018

Up the back of the court

• DateTuesday, December 4, 2018

Missing the crucial second step on the apprehended bias test ... Recusal application dismissed ... Brief thought judge was looking after the other side ... The judge found no such thing ... Janek Drevikovsky reports 

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Friday
Nov302018

Theodora reports

• DateFriday, November 30, 2018

Vale Clockface Gunson ... Heavy duty functions organiser at the SA Bar ... ALRC moves to Brisneyland ... Game on for family court restructure ... Hungry Yarraside silks ... Federal Court footnote 

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Tuesday
Nov272018

Duckling with sweet green peas

• DateTuesday, November 27, 2018

The Alstons - Richard and Philip ... Human Rights Alston and Nasty Party Alston ... How do families breed them? ... Poverty and wealth distribution in the West ... Government policies create society's permanent sub-class ... And Jolly John Kerr's letters to the Palace ... Procrustes on the King's Two Bodies 

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Monday
Nov192018

Oh, Geoffrey

• DateMonday, November 19, 2018

Rushing About Part One ... First in the trilogy ... Geoffrey Rush v Daily Telegraph ... Clash of cultures ... What it means for reputation and free speech ... The pandemic of "inappropriate touching" ... The Telegraph story and the meanings extracted by Rush lawyers ... The case for the newspaper 

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