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Unread emails ... Family law barrister in Adelaide neglects to attend to emails ... Reminders to renew her ticket studiously ignored ... Unravelling chaos ... Trials invalidated ... Liability of Law Society and Conduct Commissioner ... Breach of statutory requirement ... Damages ... From our Team on the Torrens ... Read more >> 

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An Australian Abroad ... An essay with pictures … Egypt and the Grand Museum … No end to the antiquities … Down the Nile on a dahabiya … Tombs and temples … Paris and industrial-scale tourism … The Yarts & Kulture ... Read on >> 

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Annihilation of the now ...Trump's campaign of destruction ... Fake emergencies ... Pointless and farcical executive orders ... Gangsterism ... Looting ... Corruption ... Shakedowns ... White rage ... Christian nationalism ... Roger Fitch unloads ... Read more >> 

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Letter from London ... Weather report ... Starmer sinking ... Farage rising ... Fake law firm ... Fake cases ...  NHS employee cleans up with woke case for hurt feelings ... Floyd Alexander-Hunt files from Blighty ... Read more >> 

"Most important of all, in addition, we have the World Cup and we have the Olympics. Can you imagine [if] I missed that four years? And now look what I have. I have everything - amazing the way things work out. God did that, I believe that too." 

Donald Trump in a speech at Arlington National Cemetary, noting that he will be president for the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence ... May 26, 2025 ... Read more flatulence ... 


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Zeilgeist litigation ... Matt Collins KC on live-streaming of high-profile trials ... Social media nightmare ... Abuse of barristers ... Chilling emails ... Trials as a form of public entertainment ... Courts sleepwalking into a dangerous zone ... Framework needed to balance competing interests ... Paper delivered to Australian Lawyers Alliance Conference ... Read more >> 


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The High Court of Queensland ... Where to now for Bookshelves Brandis? ... Banana Benders in charge ... Eleven names scratched by CJ from Sunshine silks list ... Prosecutors dominate NSW Dizzo appointments ... Farewell to Equity Queen ... What life looked like nine years ago ... From Justinian's Archive, December 2, 2016 ... Read more >> 


 

 

Thursday
Sep142023

Torrenside prosecutors - a dysfunctional workplace world

Report into South Australia's Office of DPP paints a grim workplace picture ... Undervalued, underpaid and unhappy ... Lack of rising talent ... Too many cases ... Stress and rudeness ... No one is listening ... Ariana Haghighi reports 

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Thursday
Sep142023

Separation of powers get Mugga Muggered

ACT attorney general says the separation of powers doesn't apply in his toy town kingdom ... Acceptable for judicial and non-judicial roles to overlap ... High Court rulings not directly applicable in the territory ... Polly Peck reports 

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Tuesday
Sep122023

Larceny and fine wine

Wine thievery is all the rage ... Expensive bottles lifted from their rightful owners ... Product that is easily on-sold or fenced ... Top end drops now snugly located in Sydney's legal district, under lock n' key ... Justinian's wine reporter Gabriel Wendler is on the case 

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Tuesday
Sep052023

Two bit cwients

The Federal Court asks for help yet proves unhelpful to lawyers acting pro bono ... Need for a common policy on awarding costs in cases referred by the court ... Procrustes reports on his friend Muggins 

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Friday
Sep012023

The Stradford story

Calamity Sal ... Another birching for Australia's worst judge ... No immunity for acting outside jurisdiction ... A thorough wigging ... Paltry damages of $309,450 ... ABA looking to beefed-up protections for rotten judges ... Time for Vasta to hand in his ticket ... Ginger Snatch, an associate of judges, reports 

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Friday
Sep012023

Curious conduct

Bookshelves Brandis lays it on thick for departing CJ ... Overly wordy judicial frolics ... NZ lawyers overworked, stressed and asking judges to be nice to them ... Latest delays ... Theodora reports 

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Thursday
Aug312023

Cossack's charge

Hot potato ... Early leak of ACT criminal justice report ... Cossack insists he made no errors and didn't breach the Act ... Wants the chief minister to reflect and grovel ... Weighty correspondence released ... Flaws in the glass 

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Tuesday
Aug222023

Refreshments at the Saloon

Cheers ... New appointments to the High Court announced from Canberra ... Serious buttressing of brain power ... Lads and lasses from New South Wales in the ascendency ... The correct order restored ... From High Court watcher Montague Gummov 

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Monday
Aug212023

Accused felon at large

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 

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