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The plague of amnesia ... Memory and its failures ... Remembering to forget things ... Failure to take account of remissions in sentencing ... Relevant memories of experienced and inexperience judges ... An experienced judge writes ... Justinian's Archive, November 12, 2004 ... Read more >> 

 

 

 

Friday
May062016

Cross-examination interruptus

• DateFriday, May 6, 2016

Justice Michael Adams birched by NSW Court of Appeal for excessive interference during a trial ... Trial was procedurally unfair ... Start again ... No finding of apprehended bias ... Seb Tonkin reports  

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Thursday
May052016

Bob the Builder goes to court

• DateThursday, May 5, 2016

Senator Bob Day asks Peter King to ask the High Court to overturn senate election reforms ... Four pronged attack on Electoral Act amendment ... Hannah Ryan courtside 

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Sunday
May012016

Shakespeare on refugees

• DateSunday, May 1, 2016

Shakespeare had some fine things to offer politicians and judges on refugees and how to treat them ... Procrustes says it should be compulsory for ministers of the crown to read Measure For Measure ... More bribes on the way for PNG following the Supreme Court decision on the Manus Island detention centre 

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Friday
Apr292016

Chest-beating from Macquarie Street's new lawn-order man

, • DateFriday, April 29, 2016

Draconian legislation in NSW to combat "serious" crime ... British equivalent extends its reach to trivial offences ... NSW's law and justice policies being run by the police ... Liberal MP, Henskens SC, defends police state measures and criticises the bar for speaking out ... Ill-informed political attack 

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Wednesday
Apr272016

British exports

• DateWednesday, April 27, 2016

Global divorce funder heading Down Under ... while British commercial law shops are hauling offshore loot back to London 

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Monday
Apr252016

Trials and tribulations

• DateMonday, April 25, 2016

Waterstreet dips in and out ... NSW's land titles registry on the block ... Law & Justice Foundation being starved to death ... Another trial for David Eastman

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Wednesday
Apr202016

Bar shtum on leaks

• DateWednesday, April 20, 2016

Geoffrey Watson SC hung out to dry ... Inside information about NSW bar's disciplinary process leaked to the press ... Counsel assisting chewed-up in ongoing News Corp war against ICAC 

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Wednesday
Apr202016

Sleep overs

• DateWednesday, April 20, 2016

Scerri stuff ... Yarraside Supremo rebukes lawyers in over-egged intestacy case ... Costs outrun the issues ... Barrister contradicts himself ... Lawyers sent to the Bureau de Spank ... Seb Tonkin courtside  

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Monday
Apr182016

Crowning moments

• DateMonday, April 18, 2016

Crown Law in Bananaland cannot act in industrial dispute against two of its employees ... Acting as a self-represented litigant against its own staff ... Everything happy at Crown Law ... Lack of systems to handle conflict ... Seb Tonkin reports 

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