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Goings On ... UPDATE ... Late breaking details ... Dr. Thom sniffing around the Federal Court ... Ceremonial footage chopped ... Judicial review of AAT decisions ... Apprehended bias ... Grief from a Senior Member ... Prejudgment ... Theodora with the latest edition of Goings On ... Read more >> 

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Dangerous liaisons ... The real story of Water Softener and Planet … A blizzard of prejudicial communications … How to derail an inquiry … From the Defamatorium … Reynolds v Higgins trial goes to sleep while judge tries to work out what it’s all about … Alex Greenwich v Mark Latham … Sizzling Fn’Q ... Read on ... 

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A judge created fantasy ... The Crown and its immunity ... Blackfellas out West denied basic health and housing by Sand Groper regime ... Legislation ignored ... Class action underway ... The wavering fronds of the presumption ... Clinging to the Jacobeans ... Procrustes inveighs ... Read more >> 

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Costs will not be awarded against applicants in court claims for sex harassment and discrimination ... Implementation of the missing bit in the ALRC's Respect@Work recommendations ... More >>

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Degrees of punishment ... Green, blue and red computers ... The labyrinthine path to education in pokey ... Patchwork arrangements that freeze out prisoners from getting a degree or certificate ... Dark age policy that keeps felons in their place ... Veronica Lenard reports ... Read more >> 

"I used to live in Glebe and, as a young person, went to protests against cuts to the ABC, so I am horrified to have to go into battle with them. It is personally deeply upsetting that an institution I regard so highly is a constant opponent.

Defamation lawyer Rebekah Giles, who acted for OnlyFans star Heston Russell against the ABC and collected $390,00 in damages plus costs. The Sydney Morning Herald's CBD column, September 19, 2024 ... Read more flatulence ... 


For the latest developments in media law … www.glj.com.au 


Justinian Featurettes

Tootsies with Planet Janet ... Water Softener and the Planet ... Further details of the width and depth of their relationship ... Chief Justice of the ACT grants Justinian's application for access to more documents ... A barrage of text messages and phone calls throughout the Drumgold investigation ... Collated reporting ... More on Sofronoff and Albrechtsen ... Read more ... 


Justinian's archive

Heydon, Albrechtsen and Meagher ... Albrechting ... Journalists believed Janet Albrechtsen would be an associate to Dyson Heydon on High ... Sadly, not so ... More arch remarks from the authors of Meagher, Gummow & Lehane’s Equity Doctrines & Remedies (4th edition) ... Read more ... 


 

 

Tuesday
Dec052023

The History Boys

ASIC v CBA ... "Grandfathering" and its origins ... Exposition by Justice Jackman ... An unfortunate connection to race-based voter restrictions in the US of A ... Inappropriate use of the word in legal jargon ... Other judicial history detours ... Associate of judges Ginger Snatch reports 

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Sunday
Dec032023

Federal judge gets to grips with the fair minded observer

Bar career acting for the government in migration cases ... Multiple recusal applications ... Googling from the box ... Novel approaches ... Ducking the High Court's Bromwich decision 

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Friday
Dec012023

Moneybags update

Correction ... Willy Alstergren's pay day ... Plus, the AG's Department showers money on private law shops and counsel ... Steady annual increases on outlay for lawyers ... Happy days ... Ginger Snatch reruns the numbers 

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Friday
Nov242023

Julian Burnside

A barrister, much of whose career has been in the public eye ... Counsel to the rich and the deprived ... Flirting with politics ... Career change ... Retirement ... Relaxation and writing await ... On The Couch 

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Friday
Nov242023

Sandgroping Out West

Solicitor takes to the airwaves to defend client's toothbrush technique - Disciplinary proceedings and costs - Unhappy silk ... Fed Ct judge cleans the bottom drawer in readiness for departure ... Temper tantrums and bias - Difficult litigant ... Departure from appropriate judicial standards ... Groper files from Perth 

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Tuesday
Nov212023

Vale Mon

Tribute to Monique St John ... Justinian's Marianne dies ... Showgirl, muse and late night companion to leading lights in the judiciary ... Front cover privacy exclusive ... Sir Murray Rivers embarrasses the Melbourne establishment 

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Monday
Nov202023

London Calling

The UK - it's a reality TV show ... Dave Cameron back in ... Prosecutor in trouble for pursuing an affair with the defendant ... Celebrity hacking trial against the Daily Mail pushes ahead ... Supreme Court sinks the Rwanda solution ... Solicitor binned after dangling a job that didn't exist ... HM spells out law 'n' order agenda ... Floyd Alexander-Hunt files from Blighty 

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Thursday
Nov162023

Letter from Washington

Trump ramping up his next term ... Wrecking crew of lawyers on his team ... Authoritarian agenda ... New season for the Supreme Court ... Gun rights for perpetrators of domestic violence ... Texas prohibits wealth taxes - forever ... Entrenched voting distortions ... The new Speaker - a Christian Taliban ... Roger Fitch files 

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Wednesday
Nov152023

What next for the stateless?

Indefinite immigration detention overturned ... Parts of the Migration Act out of bounds for politicians ... Procrustes examines the Saloon's big decision - citing Felix Frankfurter, Donald Rumsfeld, WB Yeats and the Curran tax scheme 

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