Judicial shockers ... Latest from the trouble prone Queensland branch of the Federales ... Administrative law upsets ... Sandy Street overturned ... On the level in Canberra ... Missing aged care accountant ... Law shop managing director skewered ... Ginger Snatch reports from courtrooms around the nation ... Read more >>
Smoke and mirrors ... Spiritual notes … Bishop fends off claim for damages from victim of priestly abuse … How does this work? … Victoria protects politician with DV offences … An oppressive no-publication regime … Celebrity judge battles antisemitism from the gala dinner circuit ... Read on ...
It's Hitlerish ... Reelection of a charlatan ... Republicans take popular vote for the first time in 20 years ... Amnesia ... Trashing a democracy ... Trump and his team of troubled men ... Mainstream media wilts in the eye of the storm ... Depravity, greed and revenge are the new normal ... Roger Fitch files from Washington ... Read more >>
Change of guard at the High Court ... Richard Glenn appointed CEO and Executive Director of the Court ... The same Richard Glenn who as Commonwealth Ombudsman was birched over mishandling a report into the legality of Robodebt ... More >>
Shmagatha Shmistie 2.0 ... Another round with Vardy and Rooney ... Remote evidence from a witness - on the bus ... Brazilian magistrate looses his shirt ... CV qualifications propped up by pork pies ... Fast justice by Scissors & Paste ... Floyd Alexander-Hunt in London with the latest regrettable court-related conduct ... Read more >>
The great interceptor ... Rugby League ... Dennis Tutty and the try he shouldn't have scored ... Case that changed the face of professional sport ... Growth of the player associations, courtesy of the Barwick High Court ... Free kick ... Restraint of trade ... Braham Dabscheck comments ... Read more ...
Litigation's artful delays ... From Justinian's archive ... April 22, 2014 ... Lawyers and the complexity of litigation ... Delay as a defence tactic ... Access to justice includes preventing access to justice ... Reprising the Flower & Hart saga with starring role by Ian Callinan QC ... Abuse of process ... Queensland CJ declined to intervene ... Tulkinghorn on the case ... 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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