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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 >> 


 

 

Friday
Jul182025

News from the Federales

Federal Court's pride and prejudice ... Perception problem with limited contract for judicial well-being induction ... Aboriginal corporation stung by Federal Court beancounters for outrageous fees in public interest native title case ... Sandy Street firing on all pistons ... From our Courtside Correspondents 

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Friday
Jul182025

Suing for defamation - it's such a good idea

Federal Court of Australia ... Sydney barrister loses bid for extension of time to bring appeal over decision allowing Giles George to intervene to seek an equitable lien over costs ... Falling out between barrister and firm after successful defamation action ... No error or procedural unfairness ... From Stephen Murray at the Gazette of Law & Journalism

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Thursday
Jul102025

Home duties

The dumping of Attorney General Mark Dreyfus ... Behind the scenes ... Bastardry among the brothers ... Unfinished business ... Family law, privacy ... Considerable policy and legislative results ... Here's Michelle Rowland as AG ... What are her priors? ... Polly Peck reports from the Gallery 

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Tuesday
Jul082025

A girl called Sue

UPDATE ... Latest round for former senator ... Reynolds v The Commonwealth and HWL Ebsworth ... Federal Court clears the path for respondents to file applications for summary judgment or to strike out the case ... Former minister upset that Mark Dreyfus was cleared by NACC ... Ongoing bitterness and grief ... From Polly Peck in Canberra 

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Tuesday
Jul082025

Dog days in the defamation court

Hourly rates for celebrity reputation repair shop ... Uplift and away ... What it costs to win ... Stand off in "shameful" case ... Commercially sensitive exhibit revealed ... Report from judges' associate Ginger Snatch 

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Tuesday
Jul012025

London Calling

Sizzling in the Old Dart ... Story of the complaining law graduate ... Tattle Life brought to book ... Beckham family feud over royal gong ... Floyd Alexander-Hunt's postcard 

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Tuesday
Jul012025

Round-up from the Bureau de Spank

Solicitor acts without instructions from the donor of an power of attorney ... Dodgy mortgage - Melbourne law shop nailed for negligent advice over contest about freezing orders ... No immunity - Derailed Melbourne brief ... More Sandbach - Anthony Kanaan reports 

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Saturday
Jun282025

The Silken Octopus

Bar groper spanked ... Christmas comes but once a year ... Grovel and fine ... Alan Blow saddles up in Darwin ... Big croc wrangler case ... Egg collection scrambled ... Strange suppression order ... From our Local Field Agents 

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Thursday
Jun262025

Delay update

"Extraordinary and excessive" delay - by the litigants ... Contest on costs ... Getting to grips with Qld industrial law takes time ... What is a "worker"? ... What is an "injury"? ... Justice Jenni frigging around ... Slow grind for earnest Circuiteer ... From judges' associate Ginger Snatch 

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