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 >>
Debbie Does Damien ... Mortimer's first public interview as CJ ... ABC's Law Report ... The ins and out of live streaming and the media's access to documents ... 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 >>
Roger Fitch Esq • Monday, August 21, 2023 The Washington and Atlanta indictments of Donald Trump ... A large number of lawyers as indicted gangsters ... History of unpunished Republican crimes ... First attempt to hold lawless politicians and operatives to account ... Quandaries and implications ... Possible defences ... Roger Fitch files from Washington
Court in the Act • Monday, August 21, 2023 Miscarriage due to magistrate's intransigence on accused's language ... Need for an interpreter ... Strident views from the bench ... Other meanings ... Appeal ... Role of WA courts' Reconciliation Statement ... Magistrate's "demonstrated level of Aboriginal cultural competency" ... From our Ringside Reporter
Court in the Act • Monday, August 14, 2023 Open Justice ... WA Supreme Court ... Iron Lady's suppression application nixed ... Carving up Pilbara mining tenements ... Litigation bonanza ... Making hay for at least three months ... Reputational harm and embarrassment ... Information already in the public domain ... Alan Zheng reports
London Calling • Monday, August 14, 2023 Fleet Street dramas ... Right to be forgotten takes on the news ... Cash for naughty pics ... Another press reptile pinged ... MailOnline hack suspended ... Options for Huw Edwards' litigation spree ... "My reputation has never been worse" ... From Floyd Alexander-Hunt in London
On The Couch • Tuesday, August 1, 2023 A writer on fire ... New plays, TV series, films and a novel ... The lawyer turned playwright ... The importance of Prima Facie ... Sexual assault trials ... Violence in the prison system ... The sport of arguing ... On the Couch with Suzie Miller