Balkan intrigues ... Old coppers stagger into the Croatian Six inquiry ... 15-year jail terms in 1980 for alleged terrorism ... Miscarriage of justice under review ... Verballing ... Loading-up ... Old fashioned detective "work" ... Evidence so far ... Hamish McDonald reports ... Read more >>
Splitting heirs ... How to get rid of the Royals – a Republican tours Orstraya … Underneath their robes – sexual harassment on the bench … Credit card fees – so tricky that only economists know what to do … Muted response to Drumgold vindication … Vale Percy Allan ... Read on ...
Blue sky litigation ... Another costly Lehrmann decision ... One more spin on the never-never ... Arguable appeal discovered in the bowels of the Gazette of Law & Journalism ... Odious litigants ... Could Lee J have got it wrong on the meaning of rape? ... Calpurnia reports from the Defamatorium ... Read more >>
Online incitements ... Riots in English cities fed by online misinformation about refugees ... Policing and prosecution policies ... Fast and furious processing of offenders ... Online Safety Act grapples with new challenges ... Increased policing of speech on tech platforms ... Hugh Vuillier reports from London ... Read more >>
Vale Percy Allan AM ... Obit for friend and fellow-traveller ... Prolific writer on economics and politics ... Public finance guru ... Technocrat with humanity and broad interests ... Theatre ... Animals ... Art ... Read more ...
A triumph for Victorian morality ... Ashton v Pratt ... In the sack with Dick Pratt ... Meretricious sexual services renders contract void on public policy grounds ... Justice Paul Brereton applies curious moral standard ... A whiff of hypocrisy ... Doubtful finding ... Artemus Jones reporting ... From Justinian's Archive, January 24, 2012 ... Who knew the NACC commissioner had strong views on the sanctity of marriage ... Read more ...
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Goings On ... • Tuesday, December 10, 2013 Tightening the screws on prisoners ... Qld bar speaking from both sides of its mouth ... Dale gets Clutz to cough-up costs ... More bullying ... Handy loopholes in new solicitors' conduct rules
Yarraside Yarns • Friday, June 22, 2012 Criminalisation of bullying … Brodie's Law falls flat … Difficulties in opening the new frontiers of bully law … Subspecies of harassment … Former judge says it's lagging behind the "sun-smart" campaign as an awareness issue … Sylvia Varnham O'Regan's Yarraside Yarns
Brodie's Law, Bullying, Crimes Act Neil Watt • Tuesday, February 28, 2012 Harrassment and bullying by lawyers ... It's time the big swinging dicks were pulled into line, so to speak ... Neil (Mr Ethics) Watt exposes the problem and outlines the solution ... Bully for him
Bullying, Professional ethics City Desk • Monday, August 2, 2010 Not all mental breakdowns are equal … Some are more “reasonable” than others … Victoria leads the nation in workplace bullying claims … New amendments come as a great relief to captains of industry … Luke Williams reports
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