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Monday
Apr092018

The quality of mercy knows no limits

• DateMonday, April 9, 2018

Timbo Carmody rejects application to strike-off solicitor who fraudulently inflated timesheets ... Still "an ethical member" of the profession ... "Status seeking" solicitor's "safety switch" is back-on ... Plus, Melbourne solicitor off the jam roll ... No prospect of rehabilitation ... Nick Bonyhady courtside 

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Friday
Apr062018

Sydney law factory ramps-up production

• DateFriday, April 6, 2018

University of Sydney opens the gates to more law students than ever ... Fifty percent greater than the rate of enrolment in previous years ... More places were also opened to transfer students ... Unsustainable pressure ... Not enough teaching staff or facilities ... Fiddling the ATAR ... Nick Bonyhady's tribute to the former registrar Tyrone Carlin 

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Wednesday
Apr042018

Bluto's bungle

• DateWednesday, April 4, 2018

QCAT's Timbo Carmody back in the frame ... Squire Bennett takes-up rural spread ... Justice Carolyn Simpson says farewell to paradise ... Uncle Doug in chains 

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Tuesday
Apr032018

Rent-a-quote

• DateTuesday, April 3, 2018

Attorney General Porter supports two contradictory notions ... Free speech to attack judges personally, but the Law Council shouldn't criticise the Family Court CJ over the Three Wigs Willy affair ... News Corpse hacks do their stuff ... Department of Cant and Hypocrisy 

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Monday
Apr022018

Law Deform Commission

• DateMonday, April 2, 2018

Australian Law Report Commission going the way of its sister organisation in NSW ... Loss of independence ... Staff removed ... Integration into the AG's department ... New president a personal favourite of Soapy Brandis 

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Sunday
Apr012018

Judiciary under assault

• DateSunday, April 1, 2018

Judge bashing in the land of the free ... Politicians turn on the judges as courts address gerrymanders ... Poor quality of Trump's judicial nominees ... Selection process breaks down ... Nick Bonyhady reports 

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Thursday
Mar222018

The high price of efficiency

• DateThursday, March 22, 2018

Federal Court jobs abolished and then recreated at higher pay grades ... Efficiency and budget savings hard at work ... Judges anxious about the loss of quality registrars ... Willy or won't he? ... Grim news as Family Court appeals judge throws in his gown

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Tuesday
Mar202018

Roughshagger's last stand

• DateTuesday, March 20, 2018

Retired ACT judge delivers judgment eight months after he retired ... Not all litigants and lawyers joined in the fond farewells ... Magna Cartaism, involving over-writing and vast amounts of unnecessary detail ... Artemus Jones reports from the Molonglo 

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Tuesday
Mar202018

Michael Finnane QC

• DateTuesday, March 20, 2018

Michael Finnane joins us on the couch to talk about himself and his book The Pursuit of Justice ... In fact, he's concerned whether the courts actually deliver justice ... The sweep of history and experience from Menzies to Turnbull 

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