Solicitor's swan song sounds in contempt


University turns tail on Drumgold


University of Canberra wilts in the heat ... Drumgold's academic appointment cancelled ... Unrelenting and biased media attacks ... Lily-livered university administrators ... From the newsletter 500 Words, or thereabouts
Yarraside - fresh agitation


Skirmish over how to spend $600,000 of barristers' money sitting in Victorian CJ's piggybank ... Tightwads are opposed to the Owen Dixon Memorial Childcare Centre ... Alarming problem if nippers are located where criminals are visiting their briefs ... Woke Wars ... Peach Melba reports
Sofronoff scuppered


A judicial review of a board of inquiry into the rape case against Bruce Lehrmann has exposed a newspaper columnist’s efforts to cultivate a relationship with the inquiry’s head ... Apprehended bias sinks findings against Shane Drumgold ... From The Saturday Paper ... By Richard Ackland
Dangerous concoctions


Fabricated cases cited to show instances where MinterEllison lawyers had been restrained from appearing ... AI possibly responsible ... Litigant fails in bid to block Minters and counsel from acting in long-running employment law battle ... Embellished misconduct claims ... Anthony-James Kanaan reports