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 >>
"Invasion" of the United States ...Trump deportations ... Detention in gulags ... How much of an enemy does an alien have to be? ... Trump judge turns the tables ... Bush's war on terror shows the way ... Forum shopping for habeas cases ... Roger Fitch files from Washington ... Read more >>
Justinian is taking a break during May ... Normal operations will recommence in June ...
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 >>
For the latest developments in media law … www.glj.com.au
Letter from London ... Voting at Australia House ... Polling at the Vatican ... Holding down three public service jobs at once ... LibDems want to tone down the noise ... How to foul-up a cover-up ... Floyd Alexander-Hunt on the case in Blighty ... Read more >>
Judgment of the week ... Justice Ian Harrison in the NSW Supremes dismisses apprehended bias application ... Facebook posts by judge's tipstaff ... Claim made by family values applicant that HH's associate supports gay rights ... Battle with a noted sexual equality campaigner ... Purple pride ... Jurisdictional issue ... Finding that cases are decided by judges, not their staff ... From Justinian's Archive, May 10, 2019 ... Read more >>
Drama • Tuesday, September 15, 2020 A scholar specialising in comedies from the Restoration and post-Restoration period has unearthed a hitherto unpublished work by a little-known writer of the period, Lady Georgina Brandis ... The title, "Can I Kiss You?" is drawn from indiscreet goings on in the royal court at the time ... Any resemblance to recent events, or persons living or dead, is purely coincidental
Judges • Friday, September 11, 2020 The Dyson Heydon allegations produced a torrent of new policies governing behaviour and manners ... Hands off ... Safer workplaces ... No complaints to the wallopers ... No fresh High Court investigations ... Pathways for survivors ... Help with the drinks ... Still a hot lunch at The Australian Club ... Janek Drevikovsky reports
On The Couch • Thursday, September 10, 2020 Meet the new CEO of the Law Society of NSW ... The first woman and the first Indigenous Australian to run the largest legal profession organisation in the country ... Long experience in public service and management ... Critical time for lawyers ... Constitutional change ... Uluru Statement from the Heart ... Family, Tim Tams, and a better Constitution ... Sonja Stewart is on Justinian's Couch
Around the Firms • Wednesday, September 9, 2020 Law Society's puts anti-lockdown lawyer on notice ... Conduct rules in play ... Bring it on ... Swollen crowdfunded war chest ... Anti-Vac ... Threats and tirades ... Calling on the AFP to prosecute the Premier of Victoria for "treason" ... "Nuremberg law" ... Alan Zheng reports on the cult of celebrity
Roger Fitch Esq • Tuesday, September 8, 2020 US elections ... Republican plots to steal the outcome ... Supreme Court in the wings ... Declaration of an election "emergency" ... Prospects of state and federal criminal indictments ... Fictions at the Republican National Convention ... Long-term Washington hand Roger Fitch reports
Judges • Friday, September 4, 2020 Parenting case before Judge Guy Andrew of the Circus Court ... Brute on the bench ... Is mentoring all there is? ... Horrifying transcript ... How did this abusive creature end up as a judge? ... A fortiori ... Federal judicial commission absent without leave ... Associate of judges Ginger Snatch reports
On The Couch • Thursday, September 3, 2020 President of the Judicial Conference of Australia speaks about the burning issues for the judiciary ... Attacks on judges ... Judicial selection ... The work of the JCA ... Her frustrations as a judge ... The benefits of a bar fridge on the back verandah ... Curried eggs on toast ... Justice Judith Kelly from the Northern Territory Supreme Court is on Justinian's Couch
Procrustes • Wednesday, September 2, 2020 The militarisation of police ... Police have become too strong for politicians to handle ... Hothouse atmosphere ... Death and shootings in Minneapolis and Kenosha ... Malarkey in Western Australia ... Police unions stand by their shooters and chokers ... Citizens whinging when the town burns down ... Procrustes on what happens when citizens turn a blind eye to excess
Brother, can you spare a dime?
Governments need to be more charitable and fix the fundraising rules for charities ... Nightmarish over-regulation that adversely affects small charities, in particular ... Millions of dollars diverted to comply with different laws in each jurisdiction ... Tom Manousaridis had the goods
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