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A judge created fantasy ... The Crown and its immunity ... Blackfellas out West denied basic health and housing by Sand Groper regime ... Legislation ignored ... Class action underway ... The wavering fronds of the presumption ... Clinging to the Jacobeans ... Procrustes inveighs ... Read more >> 

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Costs will not be awarded against applicants in court claims for sex harassment and discrimination ... Implementation of the missing bit in the ALRC's Respect@Work recommendations ... More >>

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Degrees of punishment ... Green, blue and red computers ... The labyrinthine path to education in pokey ... Patchwork arrangements that freeze out prisoners from getting a degree or certificate ... Dark age policy that keeps felons in their place ... Veronica Lenard reports ... Read more >> 

"I used to live in Glebe and, as a young person, went to protests against cuts to the ABC, so I am horrified to have to go into battle with them. It is personally deeply upsetting that an institution I regard so highly is a constant opponent." 

Defamation lawyer Rebekah Giles, who acted for OnlyFans star Heston Russell against the ABC and collected $390,00 in damages plus costs. The Sydney Morning Herald's CBD column, September 19, 2024 ... Read more flatulence ... 

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Tootsies with Planet Janet ... Water Softener and the Planet ... Further details of the width and depth of their relationship ... Chief Justice of the ACT grants Justinian's application for access to more documents ... A barrage of text messages and phone calls throughout the Drumgold investigation ... Collated reporting ... More on Sofronoff and Albrechtsen ... Read more ... 

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Heydon, Albrechtsen and Meagher ... Albrechting ... Journalists believed Janet Albrechtsen would be an associate to Dyson Heydon on High ... Sadly, not so ... More arch remarks from the authors of Meagher, Gummow & Lehane’s Equity Doctrines & Remedies (4th edition) ... Read more ... 

 

 

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Thursday
Sep142023

Separation of powers get Mugga Muggered

, • DateThursday, September 14, 2023

ACT attorney general says the separation of powers doesn't apply in his toy town kingdom ... Acceptable for judicial and non-judicial roles to overlap ... High Court rulings not directly applicable in the territory ... Polly Peck reports 

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Tuesday
Sep122023

Larceny and fine wine

• DateTuesday, September 12, 2023

Wine thievery is all the rage ... Expensive bottles lifted from their rightful owners ... Product that is easily on-sold or fenced ... Top end drops now snugly located in Sydney's legal district, under lock n' key ... Justinian's wine reporter Gabriel Wendler is on the case 

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Tuesday
Sep052023

Two bit cwients

• DateTuesday, September 5, 2023

The Federal Court asks for help yet proves unhelpful to lawyers acting pro bono ... Need for a common policy on awarding costs in cases referred by the court ... Procrustes reports on his friend Muggins 

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Friday
Sep012023

The Stradford story

• DateFriday, September 1, 2023

Calamity Sal ... Another birching for Australia's worst judge ... No immunity for acting outside jurisdiction ... A thorough wigging ... Paltry damages of $309,450 ... ABA looking to beefed-up protections for rotten judges ... Time for Vasta to hand in his ticket ... Ginger Snatch, an associate of judges, reports 

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Friday
Sep012023

Curious conduct

, • DateFriday, September 1, 2023

Bookshelves Brandis lays it on thick for departing CJ ... Overly wordy judicial frolics ... NZ lawyers overworked, stressed and asking judges to be nice to them ... Latest delays ... Theodora reports 

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Thursday
Aug312023

Cossack's charge

• DateThursday, August 31, 2023

Hot potato ... Early leak of ACT criminal justice report ... Cossack insists he made no errors and didn't breach the Act ... Wants the chief minister to reflect and grovel ... Weighty correspondence released ... Flaws in the glass 

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Tuesday
Aug222023

Refreshments at the Saloon

• DateTuesday, August 22, 2023

Cheers ... New appointments to the High Court announced from Canberra ... Serious buttressing of brain power ... Lads and lasses from New South Wales in the ascendency ... The correct order restored ... From High Court watcher Montague Gummov 

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Monday
Aug212023

Accused felon at large

• DateMonday, August 21, 2023

The Washington and Atlanta indictments of Donald Trump ... A large number of lawyers as indicted gangsters ... History of unpunished Republican crimes ... First attempt to hold lawless politicians and operatives to account ... Quandaries and implications ... Possible defences ... Roger Fitch files from Washington 

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Monday
Aug212023

English as the only language

• DateMonday, August 21, 2023

Miscarriage due to magistrate's intransigence on accused's language ... Need for an interpreter ... Strident views from the bench ... Other meanings ... Appeal ... Role of WA courts' Reconciliation Statement ... Magistrate's "demonstrated level of Aboriginal cultural competency" ... From our Ringside Reporter 

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