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Holding onto Hope: Gina Rinehart's Bleak House ... Seeking chunks of the huge iron ore pit, Hope Downs ... Tracing the tangled Wright, Hancock, Rinehart litigation ... Allegations of fraud against the family trust ... Manouvering ... Tax "advice" ... Shifting vesting date ... Money, the root of unhappiness ... Anthony-James Kanaan reports ... Read more >> 

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Rupert World ... Lord Moloch’s pal Doug the Diva – driving Washington spare … News UK’s model for unionism … What next for the Washington Post? … Concealed coal lobbyists running an anti-Teal campaign … More corruption busting for Stinging Nettle … The litigation industry spawned by Lehrmann ... Read on >> 

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Party time for Dicey ... Heydon's book - a pathway to rehabilitation ... The predatory man and the clever intellect - all wrapped up in the one person ... Academic tome and cancel agenda ... Despite the plaudits the record of abuse doesn't vanish ... Book launch with young associates at a safe distance ... Procrustes thinks out loud ... Read more >> 

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Former senator can't get enough litigation ... Linda Reynolds suing the Commonwealth and lawyers HWL Ebsworth over the Brittany Higgins settlement ... Claim that $2.4 million payment to former staffer affirmed Higgins' allegation ... Statement of claim ... Commonwealth Courts Portal >> 

 

Justinian's Bloggers

Conclave Part 2: Return of the Prodigal ... Vatican fraudster returns ... Fly in the Conclave ointment ... Claims to have been forgiven by Pope Francis ... Doubts about his entitlement to vote ... What can go wrong? ... Silvana Olivetti reports from Rome ... Read more >> 

"We're in unchartered territory here. A Pope hasn't died before during an Australian election campaign."  

Jane Norman, National Affairs Correspondent, ABC News ... April 21, 2025 ... Read more flatulence ... 


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


Justinian Featurettes

Letter from Rome ... Judges on strike ... Too much "reform" ... Berlusconi legacy ... Referendum on the way ... Constitutional court inflames the Meloni regime with decision on boat people ... Insults galore ... Silvana Olivetti reports ... Read more >> 


Justinian's archive

Tea is for Tippy ... Life of a tiffstaff ... Bright, ambitious and, when it comes to the crucial things, hopeless ... Milking the glory of the gig ...  Introducing Tippy, our new blogger filing from within the concrete cage at Queens Square ... From Justinian's Archive, March 15, 2010 ...  Read more >> 


 

 

Tuesday
Jun112024

Blow delivered to Lonewolf magistrate

Quick contempt trigger in Launceston court ... Procedural unfairness with a helping of apprehended bias ... Memories of Judge Sal ... Courtside at The Map ... Errol Quoll reporting 

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Wednesday
Jun052024

Taking out the trash

Migration ... New directions for Direction 99 ... Procrustes scrutinises the migration "debate" ... Twaddle from the Coalition and News Corp ... Duration of ties to Australia ... Consideration of the best interests of small children ... Preference given to home grown criminal class 

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Tuesday
Jun042024

Pecker problems

Trump minting coin from his felony convictions ... Toadies in the bleachers ... Justice Alito flagging his proclivities ... SCOTUS corrupted ... Rule of lawlessness ... More horrible judicial distortions in the pipeline ... Roger Fitch files from Washington 

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Thursday
May302024

Courtroom capers

Federal Court's digital hiccups ... Principal Registrar in home run ... Pronunciation requirements for names and pre-nominate ... Elocution audit ... Common law shuffle in New South Wales ... Vicki Mole reports 

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Wednesday
May292024

Letter from Blighty

Rishi rushing to the polls ... Gen Z sent to the trenches ... Tongue tied law firm receptionist ... Putting you through to the wrong person ...Young solicitors told they had not qualified ... Exam fiasco ... Trying to catch the Septics pay packets ... Floyd Alexander-Hunt reports from London 

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Wednesday
May292024

Not innocent

Sexual assault of children ... He probably did it ... But not guilty on all counts ... District Court judge unable to reach the requisite standard ... Unhappy complainants ... Cementing the reluctance to complain ... Trial judges and the prosecution wars ... Anthony Kanaan reports 

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Tuesday
May282024

More bling for the boys

Hobart's KC lobby beating the drum ... Pitching to government knuckle-draggers ... Fresh campaign ... Same stuff ... More surveys ... A Tree for Tasmanian Supremes ... News from The Map 

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Monday
May272024

Geason's ghost

Report from Van Diemen's Land ... Full court reconstitutes itself to deliver judgment in the absence of rusticated judge ... Blow CJ's "request" lost in the mail ... Tasmanian forest management scheme ... Regulators employed by the loggers ... Dame Enid reports 

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Thursday
May162024

Fit, Proper & Bonkers

Bipolar diagnosis ... Character passes muster ... Sexual harassment ... Professional misconduct ... Barrister's sexual harassment ... Offending the product of bipolar affliction ... Pills and potions ... Next round 

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