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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 >> 

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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 >> 

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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 >> 

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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 >> 

"We're in unchartered territory here. A Pope hasn't died before during an Australian election campaign."  

Jane Norman, National Affairs Correspondent, ABC News ... April 21, 2025 ... Read more flatulence ... 

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Justinian Featurettes

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 >> 

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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 >> 

 

 

Monday
Dec202021

Vasta sued for misconduct - trial adjourned

• DateMonday, December 20, 2021

Judge on trial ... Federal Court proceedings against Salvatore Vasta ... Poor judicial conduct runs in the blood ... Ancient cases examined during trial of the FCFC judge for abuse of process ... Max Shanahan reports on the hearing 

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Friday
Dec172021

The Bigots' Bill

• DateFriday, December 17, 2021

Religious Discrimination Bill ... The entire history of discrimination law and rights ... Context included ... Unintended and intended consequences ... Equality and liberty ... The shield and the sword ... Race and religion ... Bogging down the courts ... Conceptually incoherent legislation ... External affairs power ... Alan Zheng's significant report 

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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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