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The plague of amnesia ... Memory and its failures ... Remembering to forget things ... Failure to take account of remissions in sentencing ... Relevant memories of experienced and inexperience judges ... An experienced judge writes ... Justinian's Archive, November 12, 2004 ... Read more >> 

 

 

Tuesday
Sep242019

Our man in Washington

• DateTuesday, September 24, 2019

Abuse of power in Trump's America ... The windback of environmental protections ... War with California ... "Natural law" replaces human rights ... Distortion of the US judiciary ... Guantánamo update ... Roger Fitch visits Washington's new spy museum 

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Tuesday
Sep242019

Our own heart of darkness

, • DateTuesday, September 24, 2019

Colonial Tasmania ... The Nightingale ... Jennifer Kent's new film takes us deep into our dark past ... Fearless Irish servant girl teams up with Aboriginal boy to hunt down their tormentors ... Our violent history revealed ... As our reviewer Miss Lumière discovers - there will be blood   

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Friday
Sep202019

A touch of the Blues

, • DateFriday, September 20, 2019

Victorian judge agrees to handover the gate key ... Easement hijinks at the Vic Supremes ... Ingress and egress restored to judge's South Yarra neighbours ... Hilary ploughs ahead with her holiday judgment-writing in Canberra ... Latest instructions on wigs and robes ... Vasta Watch - a fresh bulletin ... Bookshelves Brandis bounces back to town ... Theodora reports 

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Thursday
Sep192019

Transcript of the week

• DateThursday, September 19, 2019

A solicitor appears before a Yarraside judicial registrar ... Where's my stay? ... Waiver of court fees ... Appeal ... What's going on? ... It's so simple ... Give me a case ... Seeking to appeal against an order that is not a final order ... Costs order ... No arguable case .. Impecuniosity ... Abuse of process ... It's pretty simple, right? ... I'm sick of this ... Which part of a fee waiver don't you understand? ... The next case has been called 

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Wednesday
Sep182019

Clicking the wrong button

• DateWednesday, September 18, 2019

The price of panic ... Stress caught a young lawyer unawares ... An innocent mistake compounded by forgery ... Bad look for the legal business ... Tears at work ... Depression and drinking ... Time in the wilderness for "self-reflection" ... Janek Drevikovsky reports from the Bureau de Spank 

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Monday
Sep162019

The slow law movement

• DateMonday, September 16, 2019

Important Bills passed by NSW parliament go mouldy on the shelf awaiting proclamation ... Modern Slavery Act and Surveillance Devices amendments ... Where are they? ... Revisions and refinements ... Government runs cold and warmish on data breaches ... Polly Peck reports from Macquarie Street's bear pit 

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Sunday
Sep152019

London Calling

• DateSunday, September 15, 2019

Brexit ... Everyone's got an opinion ... Leverhulme has the facts ... Lying to Her Maj ... Prorogation and the courts ... Forum shopping ... Who's ahead in the polls ... Tory's defections and sackings ... Corbyn not making headway ... Leverhulme at Westminster 

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Saturday
Sep142019

Blow by Blow

• DateSaturday, September 14, 2019

UPDATE ... Solicitor ordered to pay court costs personally, within in 60 days ... It took over three years for him to fork-up ... Unacceptable delays ... Far-fetched excuses and extensions of time ... Finding of professional misconduct ... Disgraceful ... Other unattractive priors 

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Friday
Sep062019

Rumble in the jungle

• DateFriday, September 6, 2019

HWL Ebsworth lawyer told not to bite the hand that feeds the firm ... The turbulent Dr Rumble's criticism of his client ... Bad for business ... Grounds for termination ... Managing partner Martinez intolerant of insubordination ... Christmas party snub ... No presents ... Stephen Murray reports 

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