Points on The Map

Groomed for success ... Ticket remains in suspension after failed Full Court appeal ... More collateral injuries from the Neill-Fraser case ... Notebooks shredded in Slicer contempt scare ... Supreme Court judges sit on top of each other 

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Self-represented lawyers and their fees

Lawyers who act for themselves have a fee-earner for a client ... Breakthrough from the NSW Court of Appeal ... Chorley principle extends to barristers ... Happily, all brands of lawyers can now charge fees for representing themselves in litigation ... Stephen Murray reports courtside 

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Horrifications, blackouts and stress

"Im a solicitor ... and you're a fat c***" ... The defence of "alcohol induced blackout" ... Plus, a barrister tells a fib to Philip Selth ... Plus, the dreadful bank deposit book mix-up 

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It's a Lottery

Busy time at the Bureau de Spank ... Barrister's breach of undertakings ... Telling pork pies to the court ... Solicitor lets non-lawyer husband have access to her firm's trust account ... Unauthorised withdrawals ... Lack of professional candour ... Stephen Murray reports from the Hellfire Club 

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Lorenzo Street's passing out parade

Street the Stockman ... The shirt of flies ... Platypus Junction ... Street the charmer ... Friend of the press ... A legacy in law and love ... The sea and the bush 

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The Minus wars

Struggle by the Australian Bar Association to keep its name to itself ... Barrister's business used a similar name ... Attempt to make barristers' service more accessible ... Into the future ... Long and tiring litigation looks like drawing to a close ... Nick Bonyhady reports 

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Keeping the government safe

Collaery prosecution ... Whistleblowing conspiracy ... Fallout from Australia's Timor Leste bugging spree ... Woodside and Alexander Downer ... Selective prosecution policy ... Canberra's long, slow dance with duplicity 

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No Silver lining

Freehills gets its fees from the failed United Petroleum float ... No breach of duties by the firm ... Financials not ready in time for the prospectus ... Letter of engagement ... Stephen Murray reports from the Yarraside Supremes 

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America! America!

Judicial coup d'état ... Partisan Republicans on the US Supreme Court purge the voter rolls ... Tainted appointee Neil Gorsuch does his bit ... No more swing decisions as Anthony Kennedy resigns ... Torture queen at the helm of the CIA ... The most absurd Guantánamo case ... Roger Fitch, Our man in Washington, reports 

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