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 >>
Around the Firms • Friday, December 20, 2019 Life's tough at HWL Ebsworth ... Salary partner booted by Juan when billings dropped ... No need to have a meeting of equity partners ... Benefit of incumbency vanishes ... Court of Appeal chops the damages by 72% ... Happy Christmas ... Nathan Twibill reports on round two of the Martinez and Griffiths stoush
Critics Corner • Thursday, December 19, 2019 Former judge Greg Woods reviews Frank & Fearless a memoir by former NSW DPP Nicholas Cowdery ... Policy intervention on drugs and mandatory sentencing ... Prosecutor in the Joh Bjelke-Petersen and Lionel Murphy cases ... Symmetry with Murphy's progressive views ... Salvos from the mothball fleet ... The Gordon Wood case ... Law reform
Profile • Thursday, December 19, 2019 Lawyer, rigger, runner, stagehand, actress and screenwriter ... Creator of Janet King ... A pitch for marriage equality ... Legal drama powered by family strife and prosecutorial tensions ... Parenting imperfectly ... Exaggerated reality ... Gudrun Willcocks catches-up with Jane Allen beachside
Court in the Act • Monday, December 16, 2019 Julian Assange's case and the US Supreme Court ... Similarities and differences with the Pentagon Papers case ... Journalist or dumper of uncurated leaks ... Nature and quality of the information published ... Is the First Amendment up to fending off the Espionage Act ... Predictions and uncertainties from Tom Manousaridis
City Desk • Friday, December 13, 2019 Full-force campaign to derail investigative work by Fairfax journalists ... Legal threats and PR spin ... The Australian signed-up to the attack - in the process looking more than usually foolish ... "Reputation" restoration based on fallacies ... International corporate bribery specialists claim to be blackmailed ... The flow of emails ... Janek Drevikovsky reports
Critics Corner • Wednesday, December 11, 2019 Peter Lyons book Advocacy - A Practical Guide ... Reviewed by Paul Hardman ... Helping judges come to the right decision ... Loved by Lord Pannick ... Techniques from the leading lights ... Presentation skills ... Preparation ... From the author of the best-selling Not One Jot
Court in the Act • Tuesday, December 10, 2019 WA barrister cannot represent his brother and their company in a fee dispute ... Potential conflict of interest ... Solicitor chasing money from counsel ... Solicitor-barrister duo the team of choice for sub-contractors on many major projects in WA during the boom times ... Sadly, now in court wresting over money ... Jenek Drevikovsky reports
Goings On ..., Theodora • Friday, December 6, 2019 Clive James bird's-eye view from London on Marcus (The Mensch) Einfeld ... The prisoner and the judge - repartee in the NSW Supremes ... New silk by the yard ...Master of the Rolls reflects on Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane ... Policing NSW-style - "pull over driver" ... Theodora reports