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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." 

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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
Sep242015

Moot point

• DateThursday, September 24, 2015

Barely Legal does his first moot and has an out-of-body realisation ... Of course, it's about the "experience" - never mind the winning ... Breathe in, breathe out ... Our student-at-law blogs 

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Wednesday
Sep232015

Fit and proper

• DateWednesday, September 23, 2015

Discipline & Bondage ... From Queensland to NSW, appeal judges have been scratching their noggins trying to work out what's fit and proper ... The extent to which past misconduct affects current properness ... A practitioner who, as a teenager, accessed child porn is F&P, while a solicitor who helps himself to a temporary loan from his clients' pool of cash, is not ... Emily Meller and Kate Lilly reporting 

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Sunday
Sep202015

Advocaat's immunity - shaken and stirred

• DateSunday, September 20, 2015

Advocates immunity up for review in the High Court ... Justice John Byrne challenges his mother's $17 million estate ... Carol Cunneen has her say about sister Margaret 

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Thursday
Sep172015

The salad days of Malcolm Turnbull

, • DateThursday, September 17, 2015

The new prime minister's celebrated missteps and misjudgments ... Blunderbuss ... Overplaying his Costigan hand ... Trauma at Tourang ... Goldman Sachs and FAI ... Not-so-ancient history 

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Wednesday
Sep162015

Love letters to a cat

• DateWednesday, September 16, 2015

Love in the seventies ... A young Malcolm Turnbull warns his ex-girlfriend’s cat about the treachery of new boyfriends ... Cat asked to intercede in broken romance drama ... A Justinian exclusive ... From the archive, June 17, 2009 

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Tuesday
Sep152015

Another birching for Sandy Street

• DateTuesday, September 15, 2015

Federal Circuit Court judge's failure to observe procedural fairness ... Departure from binding authority ... Arguments not properly grasped ... Failure to read tendered document ... Emily Meller reports 

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Monday
Sep142015

Kicking around the Calvos

• DateMonday, September 14, 2015

Conduct of colourful Sydney solicitor described by Justice Bergin as "quite disgraceful" ... Lawyer's evidence "unsatisfactory" ... Behaviour would cause a reasonable observer to "lose confidence in the integrity of the legal profession" ... "Breathtaking" grasp for shares in clients' company ... Kate Lilly on the case 

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Sunday
Sep132015

Border Force on parade

• DateSunday, September 13, 2015

Blunders ahead as Australian Border Force gets to grips with "reasonable suspicion" ... Australia's refugee intake - much more woeful than the PM would have us believe ... Richard Flanagan wide of the mark on Border Force powers ... Government by smoke and mirrors ... Procrustes on the beat 

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Tuesday
Sep082015

The fine print

• DateTuesday, September 8, 2015

Costly business ... In and out of time ... Just and fair ... Better late than never ... Clients drag itemised bills out of personal injury law shop ... Opaqueness of billing ... Precious details in small print ... Delay in seeking cost assessments not fatal ... Peter Garling to the rescue ... Kate Lilly on the case 

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