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Thursday
Sep082016

Vixit sees the rise of a new Boris

• DateThursday, September 8, 2016

Victorian bar council plotting to pull out of the Law Council of Australia ... Gentle academic enters the Phillip Street hornets' nest ... Timbo Carmody in Brisbane ethics fest 

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Thursday
Sep082016

Brandis' disclosure phobia

• DateThursday, September 8, 2016

Full Federal Court decision in Brandis v Dreyfus FOI case explained by Alexi Polden ... Brandis said it is a matter of principle to explore the "proper application" of the FOI Act ... However, his case varied between the tribunal and the court ... Full Feds not impressed with AG's case 

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Wednesday
Sep072016

Investigation into prosecution conduct at murder trial

• DateWednesday, September 7, 2016

Murder conviction quashed ... Acquittal verdict by CCA in the case of a refugee where vital evidence was not disclosed at trial by the prosecution ... DPP orders an investigation into prosecution failures ... Justin Pen reports from ringside 

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Tuesday
Sep062016

A (Senior) Policeperson's Lot is not an 'Appy One

• DateTuesday, September 6, 2016

Rebuke for top coppers over failure to direct proceedings at Lindt Café siege is overblown and misplaced ... Different objectives for police and standing armies ... Arresting constables and the common law ... Family connections in South Australia's silk trade ... Procrustes offers a wine tip 

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Sunday
Sep042016

Jockeying for silk in Queensland

• DateSunday, September 4, 2016

QC season underway in Qld as barristers rush for royal bling ... Sadly, the Queens Counsel bauble has failed to lift business at the Brisneyland bar  

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Tuesday
Aug302016

Poms take the online English Reports back to the bosom

• DateTuesday, August 30, 2016

Talk about disruption ... Council of Law Reporting sends divorce papers to LexisNexis and Thomson Reuters for publication in Australia, Canada, NZ and USA ... The old law publishing world coming apart ... End of the oligopoly in sight 

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Monday
Aug292016

A trifle made with chips

• DateMonday, August 29, 2016

Deaf man and pregnant wife denied sign language interpreter ... Sandy Street dismisses disability discrimination application ... Birth of a child equated to "buying a bag of chips"... Full Feds take action and overturn the decision on all grounds ... Judge's language gives rise to apprehensions of bias ... Naaman Zhou reports from ringside 

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Monday
Aug292016

Inside Tom Hughes' defamation machine

• DateMonday, August 29, 2016

In his heyday, Tom Hughes QC had a flourishing defamation practice ... Big publishers and broadcasters ... Celebrities and sportsmen ... Trips to the Privy Council ... All attended by Hughes' trademark flourishes, piercing glares and withering cross-examination ... Ian Hancock in his biography of the great brief delves into Hughes' personal diary for some up close comments on cases, clients, judges and other barristers ... Defamatorium 

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Wednesday
Aug242016

Crack open the ginger beer

• DateWednesday, August 24, 2016

Paisley snail case ... Barristers get points for rewiring their cells ... Broadspectrum chair brings more than business acumen to HDY 

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