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 >>
Pastoral care ... Election free content … Cardinal sins … The Pope leaves behind the wreckage of his predatory priests … The law keeps victims in check … Litigation loopholes … Latest cases … Catholic Church’s battle to keep the money ... 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 >>
Conclave Part 2: Return of the Prodigal ... Vatican fraudster returns ... And departs ... Another struck-off Cardinal re-emerges ... Blowflies in the Conclave ointment ... 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 >>
Around the Firms • Wednesday, April 20, 2022 It has been headline time for Vlad the Impaler ... Esteemed employee struck off the jam roll ... Atanaskovic Hartnell even wanted to charge the client for tracking his stolen money ... Then there was the Elizabeth Kelly case ... The bully division ... Fear of managing partner's tendency to "denigrate" and hold "grudges" ... Max Shanahan and Henry Chen report
The Map • Wednesday, April 13, 2022 Former judge's associate wants compensation ... Relationship with judge ... Claims she was ashamed and humiliated after Supreme Court intervention ... Court process likely to be examined by equal opportunity authority ... Judges' discomforted by unfortunate turn of events ... From our Tasmanian Affairs desk
Court in the Act • Friday, April 8, 2022 Incarceration of "non-citizen, non-alien" ... A new chapter ... Fallout from Love & Thoms ... Brendan Thoms tells the High Court his immigration detention was illegal ... Officials' mistaken suspicion based on citizenship status ... Migration Act ... Background, arguments and implications ...Difficult challenge for the High Court ... Codey Swadling reports
Court in the Act • Thursday, April 7, 2022 The slow growing variety ... Climate litigation ... Duty of care ... Sharma case ... Full Feds reluctant to meddle with minister's coal mine approval ... Assumption that politicians can make "wise policy" ... More climate cases in the wings ... Torres Strait case ... Call for bold politicians and brave judges ... Max Shanahan reports
Roger Fitch Esq • Thursday, March 31, 2022 Wife of Supreme Court justice actively involved in political issues before the court ... Mrs Thomas - a conspiracy theorist and extremist who wants to overthrow the 2020 election results ... Clarence Thomas a poor quality court appointment ... The race issue ... Anita Hill ... Conflicts ... Failure to recuse ... Further blight on an already damaged US Supreme Court ... Roger Fitch reports
Artemus Jones • Tuesday, March 29, 2022