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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." 

Defamation lawyer Rebekah Giles, who acted for OnlyFans star Heston Russell against the ABC and collected $390,00 in damages plus costs. The Sydney Morning Herald's CBD column, September 19, 2024 ... Read more flatulence ... 

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Tootsies with Planet Janet ... Water Softener and the Planet ... Further details of the width and depth of their relationship ... Chief Justice of the ACT grants Justinian's application for access to more documents ... A barrage of text messages and phone calls throughout the Drumgold investigation ... Collated reporting ... More on Sofronoff and Albrechtsen ... Read more ... 

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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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Tuesday
Jul042023

Lawyer not liable

• DateTuesday, July 4, 2023

Australia still holds the torch for advocates' immunity ... NSWCA gives the immunity another airing ... A living, breathing get out of jail clause ... "Public policy" that the rest of the common law world junked ... Ariana Haghighi reports 

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Thursday
Jun292023

Serious news

, • DateThursday, June 29, 2023

Shock ... McColl issues a report ... This is "serious" ... The Bromskys ... Welcome to the Law Reform Commission ... Suitable cases for the Federal Court ... Droves of Victorian SCs upgrade their baubles to KCs ... Theodora reports 

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Tuesday
Jun272023

Darwin's glacier

• DateTuesday, June 27, 2023

Insipid movement at the Northern Territory Judicial Commission ... Complaints against the NT chief justice and the court's second most senior judge ... Allegations of conflicts ... Ducks on a small legal pond bumping into themselves ... NT correspondent Buffalo Bruce reports 

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Tuesday
Jun272023

Litigation triumphs

• DateTuesday, June 27, 2023

Former client claims that dead solicitor breached his trust ... Fidelity Fund asked to stump-up the money ... 20-year hiatus ... Plus - Silk sued over advice on solicitor's credit card debt ... Claims of conspiracy ...  Confusion ... Show cause why the LSC should not be interested ... From our Ringside Reporter 

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Monday
Jun192023

Issues for the Voice box

• DateMonday, June 19, 2023

Meltdown in WA over new Aboriginal cultural heritage legislation ... Blackfellas might stand in the path of progress ... Incandescence abounds ... Blanche divining Bob's Voice wishes ... Indigenous fishing rights ... State Law v Native Title ... Procrustes on the case 

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Tuesday
Jun132023

It's quashing time

, • DateTuesday, June 13, 2023

On the federal front line ... Liberal Party AAT appointment overlooks the fundamentals in a migration review case ... Slap from upstairs ... Street J and the line between efficiency and fairness ... Trying to achieve both in a busy court ... And - VCAT helps a barrister reveal herself ... Theodora reports 

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Tuesday
Jun132023

Deep doo-doo

• DateTuesday, June 13, 2023

Trump indictment ... Top secret, purloined documents ... Fingered by his own people ... More indicting to be done ... Dangerous crim running for president ... Latest from the Supreme Court ... Clarence Thomas weighs in on one of Harlan Crow's cases ... Roger Fitch reports from Washington 

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Friday
Jun092023

Vasta World

• DateFriday, June 9, 2023

Salvatore Vasta's "pumpkin eater" case overturned on appeal ... Unscrambling secret meanings ... Union fines reduced ... Plus ... A special judgment on reasons not to make a transcript available to a litigant ...Sal's latest from our Ringside Reporter 

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Friday
Jun092023

Peter Lyons

• DateFriday, June 9, 2023

Leverhulme RIP ... UK-based correspondent for Justinian dies unexpectedly ... Wonderful writer, a creative teacher, skilled advocate, scholar and friend ... Tribute to Peter Lyons ... By Richard Ackland  

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