Civil Procedure and the Old Testament


In search of dispute resolution ... What the Bible tells us about negotiation and arbitration ... Eve and the serpent - a failure to negotiate properly ... Catastrophic consequences ... King Solomon and the Commercial Arbitration Act ... Just, quick and cheap ... Eamonn Murphy and Ariana Haghighi escape from a dry tutorial
Street Watch


Federal judge spanked for running the case ... Too much intervention ... Judicial cross-examination ... Rehearing ... Start again ... Also, allowance granted to AAT for "unattributed copying" ... Two-third of a judgment lifted from a party's submissions ... Max Shanahan reports courtside
Labor's law


Mark Dreyfus' agenda ... A process of Demorrisonification ... The NIC ... Refenenda galore - The Voice, The Republic ... Whistleblowing and other freedoms - Collaery, Assange ... The quality of tribunal and commission appointments ... High Court vacancies ... Bureau chief Polly Peck reports from Canberra
Stephen Charles


Stephen Charles AO QC, one of the well-known advocates for a national integrity commission, is on Justinian's Couch ... Career highlights ... Personal weaknesses ... Australia's failing on asylum seekers and refugees ... John Howard's overrated standing ... Would be happy as a teacher
More time with the family


Craig McLachlan's defamation calamity ... Bad time at the reputation repair shop ... Why on earth did he sue? ... Huge bills and a big blot on the escutcheon ... Crowing on Channel 7 did not help ... Significant outcome for journalism and the #MeToo movement ... Artemus Jones comments