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Potty Mouth Solicitor Dispatched ... NSW Court of Appeal takes dim view of solicitor who laced his correspondence with disrespectful insults ... Insufficiently professional ... Arrived from Greece with only his underpants ... No contrition ... Anthony Kanaan files ... Read more >>

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The End Of The Affair ... Lord Moloch’s bid for more Fox News fans … The Wall Street Journal rallies the MAGA base …Will the old rogue abandon his journalists? … Is “bawdy” the right word here? … The Deep State plumbs the depths … John and Stanley Roth’s generosity to loving causes ... Read on >> 

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Suing for defamation - it's such a good idea ...Federal Court of Australia ... Sydney barrister loses bid for extension of time to bring appeal over decision allowing Giles George to intervene to seek an equitable lien over costs ... Falling out between barrister and firm after successful defamation action ... No error or procedural unfairness ... From Stephen Murray at the Gazette of Law & Journalism ... Read more >> 

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The end looms for Naughty Nathan Buckley ... Lawyer to the sovereign law brigade ... Anti vaxxer ... NCAT calls for his striking from the jam roll ... More >> 

 

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London Calling ... Sizzling in the Old Dart ... Story of the complaining law graduate ... Tattle Life brought to book ... Beckham family feud over royal gong ... Floyd Alexander-Hunt's postcard ... Read more >> 

"Stop accusing Israel deliberately of this egregious falsehood. There is no starvation in Gaza, no policy of starvation."

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netahyahu hoping to give a new meaning to the word "starvation" ... July 28, 2025 ...  Read more flatulence ... 


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


Justinian Featurettes

Home Duties ... The dumping of Attorney General Mark Dreyfus ... Behind the scenes ... Bastardry among the brothers ... Unfinished business ... Family law, privacy ... Considerable policy and legislative results ... Here's Michelle Rowland as AG ... What are her priors? ... Polly Peck reports from the Gallery ... Read more >> 


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Being chased by a dog called Rhetoric ... Justice Virginia Bell on rhetorical devices and barristering ... It seems to be a male thing ... Distractions from the truth ... Tulkinghorn asks, where would the bar be without bad rhetoric? ... September 14, 2012 ... Read more >> 


 

 

Friday
Mar172017

Not too flash

Filibuster on Bell questions at senate estimates ... Judicial developments at The Map ... Tidball - there's a song in his heart ... Worthwhile cause of the week 

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Friday
Mar172017

Lubricating the sausage factory 

Where are we with the other Royal Commission - the one on the detention of children in the Northern Territory? ... Murdoch hacks furiously critical of the commission - so it must be on the right track ... Reporting on crocodiles a top priority ... Has the legal profession been too comfortable about youth injustice in the NT? ... Daniel Ahern reports 

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Monday
Mar132017

A pop star comes to campus

Letter from Cambridge ... Rihanna does not sing ... Just a short talk to celebrate her award as Harvard's Humanitarian of the Year ... Rock star professors are pale in comparison ... Hannah Ryan reports, with a bad dose of hero worship 

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Sunday
Mar122017

Hydra-headed practitioner applications

Federal copper who stalked his former girlfriend meets himself coming around corners ... Various irreconcilable explanations in his applications for admission as a legal practitioner ... ACT one day, Queensland the next ... The naked photo ... Catherine Holmes CJ gets to the bottom of it, as explained by Sohini Mehta 

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Thursday
Mar092017

Bill Hosking

Public defender, judge and author Bill Hosking QC is on the couch, clutching his new book Justice Denied ... Crime and injustice is the theme ... Heroic trials recalled and brought back to life ... Some bad cops have their moment in the spotlight  

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Monday
Mar062017

Bell that cat

The Bell Group wrecking ball continues on its awful path ... Business and political careers demolished ... The perils of crony-capitalism ... Procrustes reconstructs the awful history of Bell, Bond, WA Inc and the whole tacky charade 

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Sunday
Mar052017

That's all Faulks

Three recent family law cases explore the nebulous area of solicitor-client relationships ...  Termination of retainer in protracted litigation ... Solicitors required to hand over hundreds of boxes to new lawyers ... Lien over the fruits of the litigation ... Breach of trust in distribution of house sale proceeds ... Solicitor whacked with indemnity costs ...  The secretary who moved firms, but without the client's confidential information ... Sohini Mehta reports 

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Sunday
Mar052017

Natural selection 

Judicial appointments ... Brandis misses his diversity moment ... The mystery of Federal Court elevations ... Amazing scenes in Adelaide 

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Tuesday
Feb282017

Yarraside lad rolls out goodies for London lawyers

Paralegal-law firm nudges aside solicitors ... Scottish government sued by former head of child sex abuse inquiry ... British barrister's Twitter tirades ... Offshore developments  

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