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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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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 >>
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 >>
Polly Peck • Sunday, October 16, 2016 Attorney General Brandis is likely to survive this latest manifestation of his ineptitude ... Control freak attorney general damaged ... Parliamentary committee a circus ... Solicitor General Gleeson assisted by the performance of Coalition warthogs ... Legal Services Direction faces revocation ... SNAFU
Barry Lane • Thursday, October 13, 2016 Frothy concoctions for racehorses ... Trainer with priors in the milkshake department ... Winding track to Vic Appeals over 0.1 millimoles per litre above the prescribed limit of muscle relaxant ... Rounding-up ... Gold for Kev at the Schweppes Handicap ... Barry Lane is trackside
City Desk • Thursday, October 13, 2016 NSW Ombudsman takes aim at legislative changes to police conduct oversight regime ... New legislation lets coppers off the hook ... Limited power for Law Enforcement Conduct Commission to investigate serious misconduct and serious maladministration ... Police can determine the level of independent oversight ... Rebecca Wong reports
Polly Peck • Friday, October 7, 2016 Quite clear that attorney general George Brandis misled the parliament ... Consultations about quite different matters ... Meaning of the word "counsel" ... Meaning of the Law Officers Act ... Out-of-context and twisted selection of parts of a letter from the solicitor general ... Brandis' dishonesty
Court in the Act • Tuesday, October 4, 2016
Mental as anything
Pleb-O-Cite ... Same sex marriage ... The debate has already attracted some pretty nasty and hurtful comments ... A campaign could get quite lunar ... But media lawyer Graham Hryce argues that using the mental health argument to close off discussion is a step too far
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