Full-throttle public spanking


Court of Appeal throws out muddle-headed Law Society plea to suppress identity of "permanently" unfit solicitor ... Offending solicitor's name already online ... Open justice ... Public must not think lawyers get favourable treatment, even though they do ... Janek Drevikovsky reports
Vintage pandemic


Spanish Flu and Covid-19 ... War and contagion ... Consequences for wine grape harvests ... European and Australian vintages in 1919-1920 compared to 2020-2021 ... Australia's bounteous 2021 wine grape crush ... Excellent fruit all around ... First world issues ... Wine correspondent Gabriel Wendler writes
Dispatches from Kabul


Fear and uncertainty confront the Afghani legal profession ... Lawyers, law and chaos ... Kabul lawyer says his practice has been "suspended" ... Women judges ... Destruction of legal research work at the university ... Return of a Sharia legal system ... Lawyers and judges in flight