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Dangerous liaisons ... The real story of Water Softener and Planet … A blizzard of prejudicial communications … How to derail an inquiry … From the Defamatorium … Reynolds v Higgins trial goes to sleep while judge tries to work out what it’s all about … Alex Greenwich v Mark Latham … Sizzling Fn’Q ... Read on ... 

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A judge created fantasy ... The Crown and its immunity ... Blackfellas out West denied basic health and housing by Sand Groper regime ... Legislation ignored ... Class action underway ... The wavering fronds of the presumption ... Clinging to the Jacobeans ... Procrustes inveighs ... Read more >> 

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Costs will not be awarded against applicants in court claims for sex harassment and discrimination ... Implementation of the missing bit in the ALRC's Respect@Work recommendations ... More >>

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Degrees of punishment ... Green, blue and red computers ... The labyrinthine path to education in pokey ... Patchwork arrangements that freeze out prisoners from getting a degree or certificate ... Dark age policy that keeps felons in their place ... Veronica Lenard reports ... Read more >> 

"I used to live in Glebe and, as a young person, went to protests against cuts to the ABC, so I am horrified to have to go into battle with them. It is personally deeply upsetting that an institution I regard so highly is a constant opponent." 

Defamation lawyer Rebekah Giles, who acted for OnlyFans star Heston Russell against the ABC and collected $390,00 in damages plus costs. The Sydney Morning Herald's CBD column, September 19, 2024 ... Read more flatulence ... 

For the latest developments in media law … www.glj.com.au 

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Tootsies with Planet Janet ... Water Softener and the Planet ... Further details of the width and depth of their relationship ... Chief Justice of the ACT grants Justinian's application for access to more documents ... A barrage of text messages and phone calls throughout the Drumgold investigation ... Collated reporting ... More on Sofronoff and Albrechtsen ... Read more ... 

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Heydon, Albrechtsen and Meagher ... Albrechting ... Journalists believed Janet Albrechtsen would be an associate to Dyson Heydon on High ... Sadly, not so ... More arch remarks from the authors of Meagher, Gummow & Lehane’s Equity Doctrines & Remedies (4th edition) ... Read more ... 

 

 

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Wednesday
Dec152021

A few rights short of the common law

, • DateWednesday, December 15, 2021

Buckley gets a chance ... Law Society required to cough-up more documents in disciplinary case ... Extra material would not be too much of a distraction for NCAT ... Challenge to public health orders by anti-vaxxers thrown out by NSW judges ... Arguments "blunt and unnuanced" ... Crowdfunded litigation and a lawyer's fiduciary duties ... Alan Zheng reports

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Thursday
Dec092021

Charging towards total victory

• DateThursday, December 9, 2021

Employment lawyer loses latest round in employment case ... Lengthy struggle ... Nor much resolved ... No deceit by Norton Rose ... Self-serving puffery ... Big law firm not deceitful ... Max Shanahan reports 

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Wednesday
Dec082021

Women rule

, • DateWednesday, December 8, 2021

Gender quotas ... Solicitors elect NSW Law Society Council with an 82% female majority ... Retired judge wants more litigation to bring the ABC to heel ... Questionable evidence to parliamentary committee on litigation funding ... Premier has confidence in conflicted AG after no confidence motion ... Time stretched allows for extra careful detailed review of evidence in a copyright case ... Theodora reports 

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Tuesday
Nov302021

Temby's Tales

• DateTuesday, November 30, 2021

The arc of life ... A memoir from the former inaugural Commonwealth DPP ... The foundation ICAC commissioner ... Momentous decisions ... Searing fallouts ... C.N. Brown reviews With Conviction 

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Monday
Nov292021

Gorgeous George comes to town

• DateMonday, November 29, 2021

Letter from the Dreaming Spires ... High Commissioner to the UK speaks at the Union ... A sprinkling of rapt Young Tories ... Car alarm competing for attention ... Jolly John Kerr told him Betty Windsor was in the clear ... Later rooftop revelries ... Barely Legal reports 

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Sunday
Nov282021

Collateral damage

• DateSunday, November 28, 2021

Practising ticket suspended ... Manager appointed ... Anonymised solicitor unsuccessful in stay application ... Client told incorrect figure for accident payout ... A difference of $130,000 ... Allegedly false invoices for disbursement funding ... Alan Zheng reports 

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Friday
Nov262021

The Lady Vanishes

• DateFriday, November 26, 2021

Untitled ... Former executive director of the bar dies ... Babette Smith played a leading role in soothing heated temperaments ... Huge drama over nude painting removed from the bar common room ... Boarding school politics ... Furious letters ... Name calling ... Unsettling events ... TV documentary ... Theodora reports 

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Friday
Nov192021

Police prosecutor in Shakespearean succession drama

• DateFriday, November 19, 2021

NSW Supreme Court says prosecutor engaged in "vile" behaviour ... Persecution of step-mother ... False accusation of murder ... Unreliable evidence ... Discreditable conduct by a lawyer ... Max Shanahan reports 

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Thursday
Nov182021

Winning ways

• DateThursday, November 18, 2021

Rockhampton solicitor goes down ... Drunken offering of a "lazy quid" to the constables ... Corruption ... Adornment to the legal caper ... Offer of cash not seen as a joke ... A real charmer ... Foul mouthed bikie lawyer sentenced to the clink ... Alan Zheng reports 

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