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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 >> 

 

 

Thursday
Dec072017

The post-Burkian era

, • DateThursday, December 7, 2017

A foul mouth was no barrier to success ... It may well be now ... How a lawyer and a law firm misunderstood their duty as employers ... Lord Denning's secretary verbally abused in Sydney ... Nick Bonyhady reports on a different sort of new normal 

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Tuesday
Dec052017

Concerning Champagne

• DateTuesday, December 5, 2017

Champagne - a product as much driven by marketing and legend as by the content of the bottle ... Ten myths exploded in a new critique of the bubbly libation ... Justinian's wine man G.D. Wendler explains, just in time for Christmas  

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Monday
Dec042017

Aunty Meme

• DateMonday, December 4, 2017

The world of law school memes ... Gummow, with his fashion sense, pips Kirby in online popularity ... Values free crassness ... Subeta Vimalarajah presents her comparison of outstanding student memes  

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Monday
Dec042017

Business risks

• DateMonday, December 4, 2017

Human rights ... National Disability Insurance Scheme ... Systematic cracks ... The criminal justice system's disabled engagement with disability ... Peach Melba cites an example of someone who was rescued by ministerial intervention 

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Friday
Dec012017

Executive shuffles at the feds

• DateFriday, December 1, 2017

CEO of Vic Supremes being lured back to the federal courts ... Fight on to keep Family Court CEO ... Blasphemy expert sits tight at FCC ... No money in the till for a better offer 

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Friday
Dec012017

Barristers-at-work

• DateFriday, December 1, 2017

Des Andersen QC's death brings back memories of the heady days when corruption was off the leash ... More new Yarraside silks than usual ... Bar election in Qld in the final furlong 

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Wednesday
Nov292017

Old Mates Act

• DateWednesday, November 29, 2017

Judicial appointments Tasmanian style ... Nudge, nudge ... Greens' accusation about favouritism inflames Willy Hodgman ... News from The Map 

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Monday
Nov272017

Lodgement problems

• DateMonday, November 27, 2017

Low level BAS drama for NSW brief ... Tax obligations ... Psychological reporting ... Subeta Vimalarajah at the Bureau de Spank 

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Monday
Nov272017

Ticket, please

• DateMonday, November 27, 2017

Bikie barrister put off the road ... Memorising every page of the brief ... No ticket, no trade ... Licence cancelled ... Subeta Vimalarajah reports 

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