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 >>
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 >>
London Calling • Thursday, October 19, 2023 "Can I just mention?" ... Judges show their Arsenal tickets ... Netflix bends it with Beckham... Giant US-UK law shop fusion ... AG gets the branding wrong ... Jail house blues ... Floyd Alexander-Hunt reports from Blighty
Court in the Act • Wednesday, October 11, 2023 Judge failed to disclose to a defamation defendant her working relationship with the plaintiff's counsel ... Non recusal upheld on appeal with help from the fair minded lay observer - who was not in possession of all the facts ... Fair minds and bad looks ... Sandy Groper reports
Obit • Friday, October 6, 2023 Paul Finn ... Former federal judge and serious academic ... 1946-2023 ... Equitable duties and good government ... The outsider who should have gone to the High Court ... Lunching connections ... The history of crony capitalism ... From the Obituaries Editor
Groper • Tuesday, September 26, 2023 Across the Nullarbor ... Another judicial delay ... Appeal against failure to recuse in defamation case ... Apprehension of bias ... Insufficient disclosure of tribunal member's connection with a complainant in barrister's fees case ... Disharmony in siblings estate dispute ... Groper's latest bulletin
London Calling • Tuesday, September 19, 2023 Fighting SLAPP and tickle with a task force ... Law firm managing partner siphoned £64 million from the clients for a property spree ... Bed sheets assist terror accused escape from pokey ... Birth father looped into adoption details ... Throwing the book at climate protestors ... Floyd Alexander-Hunt reporting from the Old Dart