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Thursday
Jun172021

Strengthening the snippets

• DateThursday, June 17, 2021

Nixing the High Court on access to criminal intelligence ... Untested nuggets on bad character ... Impugning people on a need to know basis ... From bikie gangs to deportations ... Procrustes kisses the common law principles goodbye 

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Tuesday
Jun152021

Gerry and the pacemakers

• DateTuesday, June 15, 2021

The Federal Court reworks its approach to asylum seekers ... Punitive detention ... Government failure to deport leads to award of damages ... Deportation with damages ... High Court gazes at the tea leaves ... Janek Drevikovsky looks at the latest cases 

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Monday
Jun142021

Tiger by the tail

• DateMonday, June 14, 2021

It gets worse for The Christian ... Celebrity Sue's submission rejected ... Now she and her former client have to apportion costs they are required to stump-up for Jo Dyer ... Adopting a "neutral" position does not mean an escape from liability for costs ... Artemus Jones has more to say 

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Wednesday
Jun092021

Too much information

• DateWednesday, June 9, 2021

Federal government tightens the net on information in migration cases ... Applicants deprived of access to information held by the government ... Federal courts have to jump through hoops to examine "protected information" ... Another special from the Dutton-Pezzullo bunker ... Janek Drevikovsky reports 

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Wednesday
Jun092021

Home truths about Porter and his settlement

• DateWednesday, June 9, 2021

Artemus Jones demolishes the Christian Porter's settlement fictions ... Worse to come for the failed litigant if the ABC's defence is made public ... His political position is likely to be untenable ... No vindication for his damaged "reputation" ... Now a lame duck when it comes to future defamatory attacks  

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Sunday
Jun062021

Banana Benders Bulletin

• DateSunday, June 6, 2021

Defrocked solicitor struggles to get back on the jam roll ... Unimpressive evidence ... Court unmoved by reference from silk ... Ecclesiastical law evoked in thwarted action against the Queen ... Hodgepodge of confusion ... Court vexed ... Anna Kretowicz reports 

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Thursday
Jun032021

Knees-up at the ALRC

• DateThursday, June 3, 2021

The Australian Law Reform Commission sends not so happy greetings on the birthday of the Corporations Act ... Mother, father and son in dialogue ... The youngster had put on weight, lost his way, hasn't caught up ... The commission tries new methods to draw attention ... Janek Drevikovsky reports 

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Wednesday
Jun022021

Prince Albert the Good at Victoria's Court

• DateWednesday, June 2, 2021

Barrister leads solicitor astray ... Snappy correspondence sent to court registry officer seeking urgent hearing ... Attempt at forum shopping ... Allegations of impropriety against a judge ... Discourteous and provocative missives ... The gallows avoided by humble apologies and re-education ... Ginger Snatch reports 

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Tuesday
Jun012021

Fitch's Washington

• DateTuesday, June 1, 2021

Trump's defeat sees the Republican gerrymander in full swing ... Moving the electoral goalposts ... Filibuster won't be busted ... Lies of the past paved the way for the Big Lie of today ... Military trials and the flouting of law ... The taint of torture ... The failure of Guantánamo ... Roger Fitch files from Washington 

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