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Wednesday
Nov012017

Prosecutors on the mat

• DateWednesday, November 1, 2017

Prosecution hides evidence ... The Map - where the Old Mates Club runs the island kingdom ... Tina Huang and Charles Waterstreet ... Weinsteins Downunder ... When a personal relationship with a judge might create apprehension ... Theodora reports 

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Tuesday
Oct312017

Canberra - it's not Washington

• DateTuesday, October 31, 2017

How democracy works ... Hannah Ryan visits Canberra and the Museum of Australian Democracy ... Not much of a spiritual experience, yet there's something endearing about this version of democracy that doesn't take itself too seriously 

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Monday
Oct302017

Blowing a Gayle

• DateMonday, October 30, 2017

Defamation ... Shock verdict for plaintiff in Gayle v Fairfax ... Justice Lucy McCallum reverses herself on "reasonableness" ... Defendants say the trial was conducted unfairly ... All rise - journalists told they have no priority for courtroom seats ... School children being ushered by the "Rule of Law Institute" have rights too 

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Saturday
Oct282017

Sports news

• DateSaturday, October 28, 2017

Rude barrister rapped on knuckles by appeal judges in tennis tripping case ... Kew Golf Club wanted Melbourne barristers removed from a tree accident case because they might have to give evidence 

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Thursday
Oct262017

Leveraging the spawn

• DateThursday, October 26, 2017

Celebrities and registering the names of their offspring as trade marks ... Beyoncé strikes trouble with licensing little Blue Ivy Carter's personal brand  ... Subeta Vimalarajah riffles through the trade marks register 

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Thursday
Oct262017

A different swamp

• DateThursday, October 26, 2017

The creepy march of "religious freedom" ... Sidelining anti-discrimination laws in the name of God ... Winding-back clean power and clean water protections ... Employee rights and voter entitlements under threat ... The Supreme Court is back in town ... Trump stock-take from Our Man in Washington, Roger Fitch 

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Monday
Oct232017

Kindness and cold ambition

• DateMonday, October 23, 2017

Law graduate dismissed by firm ... Fair Work Commission finds that unpaid PLT does not count towards a "minimum employment period" ... No unfair dismissal protections for intern who morphed into an employee ... Peta Leigh examines the traps for young players 

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Monday
Oct232017

The Reserve Bank of Mum & Dad

• DateMonday, October 23, 2017

Money lent to son by parents gives rise to a legal relationship ... Court orders nearly $300,000 be returned to parents who kept forking out to their offspring ... No need for ledgers ... Peta Leigh on the case 

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Friday
Oct202017

One out, all out

• DateFriday, October 20, 2017

Federal courts' staff go all-blue collar ... Court bruvvers and sisters united in walk out ... Darrin, please explain ... Rerun for Jeff Phillips at bar elections ... Devious theories behind the Pascoe appointment ... Theodora's Goings On ... 

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