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Act of gracelessness ... Kathleen Folbigg's miserable ex gratia payout ... Comparable awards in other miscarriage cases ... Weasel words from the NSW Premier ... Need for a proper system of compensation assessment ... Procrustes in a lather ... Read more >> 

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Postcard from London ... Summertime - And the living' is easy ... Votes for 16-year olds ... Paralegal's theft by pen ... Spy helping British intelligence from his job at Border Force ... Super-injunction comes out of the shadows ... Feed them strawberries and cream ... Floyd Alexander-Hunt files from Blighty ... Read more >> 

"Where are the glossy magazine spreads traversing what Reynolds and Brown went through? Where is the march for justice in support of these two brave women? Where is the apology from Gallagher and Wong? Where is the inquiry into the $2.4m of taxpayer money we now know was paid by the Department of Finance on the basis of false statements?"

Linda Reynolds is the victim here, not Brittany Higgins who was raped on Reynold's ministerial couch ... From Janet Albrechtsen, leader of the Reynolds' cheer squad ... The Australian, August 29, 2025 ... Read more flatulence ... 


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Justinian Featurettes

News from the Defamatorium ... End of the golden era ... Reputational warriors rack up huge bills ... Unhappy outcomes ... Costs eat the damages ... Al Muderis, Reynolds, Lehrmann ... Statutory tort of privacy to the rescue ... Finding holes in the media exemption dyke ... O.F. Wilde reports ... Read more >> 

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The Tamil Times ... The corruption wars ... Blitzkrieg from The Australian's legal affairs man ... Campaigns to sink ICAC and 18C ... Battles lost in the trenches ... Where are they now? ... Extravagant fulminations ... From Justinian's Archive, April 8, 2017 ... Read more >> 


 

 

Friday
Jul052024

Reign of Terror

SCOTUS ... Shocker decisions from the latest term ... The Trump Docket ... Presidential immunity ... Gratuities and bribes ... Obstruction ... Admin law trashed ... Criminalising the homeless ... Espionage Act - two sides of the coin for Assange and Trump ... At last, someone convicted at Guantánamo of a real war crime ... Roger Fitch reports from Washington 

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Tuesday
Jul022024

The election season

The case for compulsory voting ... Pity the Brits, French and Americans where politicians have to "get out the vote" ... Nathan Twibill on the advantages of the "median voter" strategy ... Vote early, vote often 

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Tuesday
Jul022024

Vic brief in trouble, again

Unsubstantiated claim of "false document and fraud" ... Barrister sent off the track ... Upheld by Vic appeals ... Immunity principle applying to costs orders ... Multiple run ins ... Anthony Kanaan reports 

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Tuesday
Jul022024

Anything goes

Solicitor changes lanes ... Warned client of possible conflict ... VicSupremes says "go ahead" ... Legal Services Commissioner on standby ... Plus ... Plundering clients' estates for personal expenses ... More than $2 million AWOL from Wollongong law shop ... Derolling after time served ... Anthony Kanaan reports 

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Friday
Jun282024

Judicial shockers

The justice business ... Appeal admonitions ... Sore bottoms for those lower down the chain of command ... Nationwide lapses ... Perfection proves elusive ... Latest from Ginger Snatch 

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Thursday
Jun272024

Gently does it

New entrants for the Golden Snail ... Reserved judgments ... Latest tally for slothful delivery ... From three years to 13 months ... Well outside the acceptable timeframe ... Ginger Snatch reports 

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Tuesday
Jun252024

Costs calamity

Family provisions ... NSW CA ... Client underwater ... Awarded an extra $220,000 from mother's estate with costs of over $403,000 ... Law firm's unsuccessful challenge to costs assessment, panel review and District Court decision ... Everyone goes home in tears ... Anthony Kanaan reports 

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Monday
Jun172024

It's too late for the thylacine

Procrustes closely analyses recent Justinian reports ... The Ippster and Stella Liebeck ... Tort law reform that went beyond the Pale ... In Tassie, no one is allowed to speak for the forests ... Standing up against State rule of the trees ... Where's Syd Shea when you need him? 

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Thursday
Jun132024

Investigative journalism

Feature ... A journalist's connection with the Plutus fraud ... A patsy or a willing participant in blackmail ... Dark arts ... The outer edges of journalism ... Criminal costs application rejected ... Inferences from the AFP intercepts ... From our Ringside Reporter 

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