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Berlusconi's dream world ... Revenge politics in Italy ... Independence of prosecutors under attack ... Constitutional assault ... The years of lead ... Investigations reopened into old murders ... High drama at Milan's Leoncavallo ... Rome correspondent Silvana Olivetti reports ... Read more >> 

"I think very good. And by the way, right there, you see all the trucks, they just started construction of the new ballroom for the White House, which is something they've been trying to get, as you know, for about 150 years, and it's going to be a beauty. It'll be an absolutely magnificent structure. And I just see all the trucks. We just started so it'll get done very nicely and it'll be one of the best anywhere in the world, actually. Thank you very much." 

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Schmoozing and betrayal ... Judge Water Softener rides into Integrityville mounted high on his horse ... Judicial review of corruption finding ... Intriguing submissions ... Unprecedented assistance to morals monitor ... The scale of the sub-rosa intrigue ... Plenty to think about ... Ginger Snatch reports ... Read more >> 

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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 >> 

 

 

 

Sunday
May272018

Letter from London

• DateSunday, May 27, 2018

It hasn't been all beer and skittles as George Brandis settles in as the new High Commissioner to the UK ... An early missive from our man at Australia House ... Correspondence from lofty sources finds it's way to Justinian's in-tray 

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Thursday
May242018

The wide and deep "missing middle"

• DateThursday, May 24, 2018

Funding models and costs for legal services ... A voice from deep within Victoria Legal Aid ... Bare-boned applicants for legal aid ... Federal funding the lowest for 20 years ... Peach Melba on the barricades 

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Wednesday
May232018

Missing in action

• DateWednesday, May 23, 2018

Where's Virginia? ... 100% of new Tasmanian silks are women ... Notes from The Map ... Coroners can't cope ... Street talk ... Solicitor spanked and thanked ... Theorora reports 

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Monday
May212018

Into the fray

• DateMonday, May 21, 2018

Circuit Court judge over the line in family law property case ... Too many questions from the bench, expressions of disbelief, sarcasm, procedural unfairness ... Ginger Snatch reports 

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Sunday
May202018

All in the family

• DateSunday, May 20, 2018

On the cusp of federal courts restructure ... Caustic advice to Thee-Wigs Willy Alstergren on how to run the Family Court's appeal division ... New head of the division has limited family law experience, as does the chief justice ... Recipe for unhappiness ... Rules, requirements and ruminations 

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Tuesday
May152018

The kindness of strangers

• DateTuesday, May 15, 2018

Qld CA clean bowls admissions board which got hung-up on graduate's trivial mistakes ... SA Full Court not so kind to solicitor who made false claims for legal aid funds ... Nick Bonyhady reports 

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Wednesday
May092018

Independence Day

• DateWednesday, May 9, 2018

The illusion of "independence" … Hayne royal commission brings new meaning to the word "independent" ... AMP, Clayton Utz, Catherine Brenner and the massaging of an independent report ... Clutz alumni Brian Salter is the fall-guy ... Nick Bonyhady reports 

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Monday
May072018

Chip off the old Brott

• DateMonday, May 7, 2018

Benched solicitor out of time in defamation action ... Second bite of the defamation cherry with law firm and barrister in the frame ... Nick Bonyhady reports courtside  

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Monday
May072018

Misconduct case over scam and blackmail allegations

• DateMonday, May 7, 2018

Conveyancing fracas and thunderous emails lead to misconduct proceedings ... Gadens' partner complains to VLSC ... Strike-out refused by VCAT ... Nick Bonyhady reports 

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