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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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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 >> 


 

 

Thursday
Dec142023

AI and its hallucinations

Generative AI is particularly counterproductive for the legal profession ... Rubbish in ... Rubbish out ... Mistakes and confirmation bias ... Precision and consistency under assault ... Veronica Lenard reports 

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Friday
Dec082023

Close to the source

The Map - Cowboy judge knocking over the china - One man's judicial rodeo, with leaks ... Mess-O-Potamia - Big Middle Eastern river system has court watches intrigued ... Justice Jenni slows down to set a new record ... Leading law academic shakes-up procedural fairness at the AAT ... Theodora reports 

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Tuesday
Dec052023

The History Boys

ASIC v CBA ... "Grandfathering" and its origins ... Exposition by Justice Jackman ... An unfortunate connection to race-based voter restrictions in the US of A ... Inappropriate use of the word in legal jargon ... Other judicial history detours ... Associate of judges Ginger Snatch reports 

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Sunday
Dec032023

Federal judge gets to grips with the fair minded observer

Bar career acting for the government in migration cases ... Multiple recusal applications ... Googling from the box ... Novel approaches ... Ducking the High Court's Bromwich decision 

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Friday
Dec012023

Moneybags update

Correction ... Willy Alstergren's pay day ... Plus, the AG's Department showers money on private law shops and counsel ... Steady annual increases on outlay for lawyers ... Happy days ... Ginger Snatch reruns the numbers 

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Friday
Nov242023

Julian Burnside

A barrister, much of whose career has been in the public eye ... Counsel to the rich and the deprived ... Flirting with politics ... Career change ... Retirement ... Relaxation and writing await ... On The Couch 

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Friday
Nov242023

Sandgroping Out West

Solicitor takes to the airwaves to defend client's toothbrush technique - Disciplinary proceedings and costs - Unhappy silk ... Fed Ct judge cleans the bottom drawer in readiness for departure ... Temper tantrums and bias - Difficult litigant ... Departure from appropriate judicial standards ... Groper files from Perth 

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Tuesday
Nov212023

Vale Mon

Tribute to Monique St John ... Justinian's Marianne dies ... Showgirl, muse and late night companion to leading lights in the judiciary ... Front cover privacy exclusive ... Sir Murray Rivers embarrasses the Melbourne establishment 

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Monday
Nov202023

London Calling

The UK - it's a reality TV show ... Dave Cameron back in ... Prosecutor in trouble for pursuing an affair with the defendant ... Celebrity hacking trial against the Daily Mail pushes ahead ... Supreme Court sinks the Rwanda solution ... Solicitor binned after dangling a job that didn't exist ... HM spells out law 'n' order agenda ... Floyd Alexander-Hunt files from Blighty 

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