Holding onto Hope: Gina Rinehart's Bleak House ... Seeking chunks of the huge iron ore pit, Hope Downs ... Tracing the tangled Wright, Hancock, Rinehart litigation ... Allegations of fraud against the family trust ... Manouvering ... Tax "advice" ... Shifting vesting date ... Money, the root of unhappiness ... Anthony-James Kanaan reports ... Read more >>
Rupert World ... Lord Moloch’s pal Doug the Diva – driving Washington spare … News UK’s model for unionism … What next for the Washington Post? … Concealed coal lobbyists running an anti-Teal campaign … More corruption busting for Stinging Nettle … The litigation industry spawned by Lehrmann ... Read on >>
Party time for Dicey ... Heydon's book - a pathway to rehabilitation ... The predatory man and the clever intellect - all wrapped up in the one person ... Academic tome and cancel agenda ... Despite the plaudits the record of abuse doesn't vanish ... Book launch with young associates at a safe distance ... Procrustes thinks out loud ... Read more >>
Former senator can't get enough litigation ... Linda Reynolds suing the Commonwealth and lawyers HWL Ebsworth over the Brittany Higgins settlement ... Claim that $2.4 million payment to former staffer affirmed Higgins' allegation ... Statement of claim ... Commonwealth Courts Portal >>
Conclave Part 2: Return of the Prodigal ... Vatican fraudster returns ... Fly in the Conclave ointment ... Claims to have been forgiven by Pope Francis ... Doubts about his entitlement to vote ... What can go wrong? ... Silvana Olivetti reports from Rome ... Read more >>
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Letter from Rome ... Judges on strike ... Too much "reform" ... Berlusconi legacy ... Referendum on the way ... Constitutional court inflames the Meloni regime with decision on boat people ... Insults galore ... Silvana Olivetti reports ... Read more >>
Tea is for Tippy ... Life of a tiffstaff ... Bright, ambitious and, when it comes to the crucial things, hopeless ... Milking the glory of the gig ... Introducing Tippy, our new blogger filing from within the concrete cage at Queens Square ... From Justinian's Archive, March 15, 2010 ... Read more >>
Goings On ... • Friday, February 13, 2015 VicBar in a tangle over gender neutrality ... For and against "chairman" or "president" ... Barrister ties Abbott in knots ... Greatest living human being to perform in one man show ... Liberal Party donor and crony elbowed onto the Judicial Commission ... Kate strikes back
Wendler on Wine • Tuesday, February 10, 2015 Wendler in London ... Cruising Gordon's Wine Bar, Penfolds Wine Lounge and a Russian oligarch's lavish venture, Hedonism Wines ... Unfortunately, the Stinking Bishop was missing
Goings On ... • Thursday, February 5, 2015 Winner of the Thawley prize channels Dyse in tone and ideology ... Essay about keeping wretched bureaucrats in their place so freedom may blossom ... Keep an eye on this Dyson duplicate
Court in the Act • Thursday, February 5, 2015 President of Human Rights Commission accused by torture advocate of being "legally flawed" ... Reliance on international covenants ... Attempt to discredit HRC on eve of report on children in immigration detention ... Gillian Triggs being savaged by dead sheep
Barely Legal • Monday, February 2, 2015 Fighting tooth and nail in the law school trenches ... Ruinous timetables ... JD student Barely Legal asks, "why am I here?"
City Desk • Monday, February 2, 2015 ABA revamps top brass in an effort to seize the future ... From the world of soaps and shampoos comes VicBar's fragrant new CEO ... Criminal lawyer to head-up NSW Bureau de Spank
Bar Talk • Saturday, January 31, 2015 Vic AG squibs making a firm decision on the future of queen's counsel ... Bar asked to consult and report ... What exciting new viewpoints will be uncovered?
Hellfire Club • Thursday, January 29, 2015 What's the world come to "if we cannot trust a solicitor"? ... Williamstown lawyer gets a stretch in pokey after tickling mortgage funds ... CJ Earl Warren points to remorse, a hitherto blemish free existence and ongoing depression ... But at the end of the day over $600,000 is still missing ... Ama Somaratna reports
Bar Talk • Tuesday, January 27, 2015 Failure of the system ... Legal Services Commissioner, Law Society and Supreme Court asleep at the wheel ... Professional standards adrift ... Public protection out in the cold