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Potty Mouth Solicitor Dispatched ... NSW Court of Appeal takes dim view of solicitor who laced his correspondence with disrespectful insults ... Insufficiently professional ... Arrived from Greece with only his underpants ... No contrition ... Anthony Kanaan files ... Read more >>

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The End Of The Affair ... Lord Moloch’s bid for more Fox News fans … The Wall Street Journal rallies the MAGA base …Will the old rogue abandon his journalists? … Is “bawdy” the right word here? … The Deep State plumbs the depths … John and Stanley Roth’s generosity to loving causes ... Read on >> 

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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 ... Read more >> 

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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 ... Read more >> 

"Stop accusing Israel deliberately of this egregious falsehood. There is no starvation in Gaza, no policy of starvation."

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netahyahu hoping to give a new meaning to the word "starvation" ... July 28, 2025 ...  Read more flatulence ... 


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


Justinian Featurettes

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 ... Read more >> 


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Being chased by a dog called Rhetoric ... Justice Virginia Bell on rhetorical devices and barristering ... It seems to be a male thing ... Distractions from the truth ... Tulkinghorn asks, where would the bar be without bad rhetoric? ... September 14, 2012 ... Read more >> 


 

 

Friday
May272022

AAT - a brief history of Coalition connections

Appointments to the AAT from the Brandis, Porter and Cash eras ... 79 party connections identified ... Deputy President again shows her political allegiance ... Plenty of pork ... Another senior member departing ... Tabulation 

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Thursday
May262022

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 

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Wednesday
May252022

The money grab for new grads

Top tier law shops ... Soaring pay packets for law graduates ... Salaries hit $100k for fresh recruits ... Instagram survey ... Pay secrecy and inequality ... Social media collects the numbers ... Henry Chen has the data 

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Tuesday
May172022

Wyvill's war

Darwin's close-knit law and justice patch ... Leading Darwin silk complains to the Judicial Commission about the conduct of a NT Supreme Court judge ... Finding that it was reasonably open to suspect the judge of being "politically partisan" and bearing malice ... Role of chief justice ... Fallout from flawed Stella Maris investigation ... Buffalo Bruce reports 

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Monday
May162022

Ding Dong

Chief Justice Andrew Bell ... Urging an end to remoteness ... At loggerheads with Victorian counterpart ... Profession in peril ... Conviviality is king ... Trouble padding-up ... Max Shanahan reports 

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Sunday
May152022

The cuckoo's nest

Authorities back off newspaper ban for Crow Eating prisoners ... Madam Cash stars in ABA divine comedy ... Court orders law shop to pay the money back ... Vic's new silks required to keep their hands to themselves ... Job swap in Phillip Street ... Theodora reports 

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Thursday
May122022

Anyone for soup?

A Witness of Fact, reviewed by Procrustes ... The shocking case of the under-qualified chief pathologist ... A trail of flawed evidence and miscarried justice ... The dangers of the impregnable loner 

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Wednesday
May042022

Curb your rights

Human rights are far too flakey for this regime ... Captains' picks undermine the independence of the Human Rights Commission ... Global assessment body asks for a proper selection process ... Shameful B-status looms ... Labor Party changes shoes on the Collaery case ... Affront to the rule of law ... Lectures burned at UTas law school ... Theodora reports 

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Monday
May022022

Tribulation at the tribunal

AAT ... Liberal appointment makes a hash of it ... Failed to engage with submissions ... Misapplication of the law ... Start again ... Pre-election festival of appointments ... 12 years after a compensation claim was filed there's still no final determination ... Obstruction and errors 

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