Fresh upsets ... Hunt & Hunt writes to a judge ... Unwarranted correspondence slapped down ... Failure to reply to email from judge's chambers ... Impertinence ... ART Deputy President birched ... Failure to understand the law of legal professional privilege ... Ginger Snatch reports ... Read more >>
The rotten fruit issue ... Corruption busters busted for bias, concealment, and conflicts … Mistress of the office couch more damaged than the rape victim … Next round for Linda Reynolds … Reputation damaged by former attorney general … Miranda Devine smooches Trump ... Read on >>
From the cutting room floor...Handsy Heydon goes to Perth ... Celebrity tour ... Conferenceville ... Dicey's job application speech from 2002 ... Other High Court judges mocked as "vegetables" ... Mason CJ ridiculed ... Speech bowdlerised for public consumption ... Courage of conviction MIA ... From our National Affairs Correspondent ... Read more >>
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FCA ... Jewish lobbists successful in s.18C case against an Islamic preacher ... Distinction between disparagement of Zionists and Jews as a whole ... "To blame Jews for the actions of Israel is antisemitic" ... Judgment Summary >>
Letter from London ... Weather report ... Starmer sinking ... Farage rising ... Fake law firm ... Fake cases ... NHS employee cleans up with woke case for hurt feelings ... Floyd Alexander-Hunt files from Blighty ... Read more >>
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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 ...Manoeuvring ... Tax "advice" ... Shifting vesting date ... Money, the root of unhappiness ... Anthony-James Kanaan reports ... Read more >>
The High Court of Queensland ... Where to now for Bookshelves Brandis? ... Banana Benders in charge ... Eleven names scratched by CJ from Sunshine silks list ... Prosecutors dominate NSW Dizzo appointments ... Farewell to Equity Queen ... What life looked like nine years ago ... From Justinian's Archive, December 2, 2016 ... Read more >>
Procrustes • Monday, September 21, 2020 Women's freedom ... The battles to change the law ... The vote ... The right to be elected ... Different histories in Australia and Britain ... Statues and celebration ... Procrustes reviews two books on pioneer women ... Plus, property rights and the productive value of koalas ... Leaf eaters as part of the commons
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