The law and its miracles ... Party allies selected for judicial elevation in Qld ... Justice Jenni Hill's brother ... More entries for the Golden Tortoise award ... Federal Court muddles the maths, again ... Theodora reports ... Read more >>
Rupert World ... Lord Moloch’s pal Doug the Diva – driving Washington spare … News UK’s model for unionism … What next for the Washington Post? … Concealed coal lobbyists running an anti-Teal campaign … More corruption busting for Stinging Nettle … The litigation industry spawned by Lehrmann ... Read on >>
Party time for Dicey ... Heydon's book - a pathway to rehabilitation ... The predatory man and the clever intellect - all wrapped up in the one person ... Academic tome and cancel agenda ... Despite the plaudits the record of abuse doesn't vanish ... Book launch with young associates at a safe distance ... Procrustes thinks out loud ... Read more >>
The Lubyanka ... Bullying investigation into former Federal Court judge goes nowhere ... "Complaint unsubstantiated" ... Phew! ... Recommendations about staff education ... Nothing recommended for judicial induction ... More >>
Governance turmoil at Tiny Town Law Society ... Night of the long knives ... Lakeside in Canberra ... ACT Law Society upheaval over governance changes ... Bodies carted out of the council room ... Blood on the carpet ... Fraught litigation another distraction ... From Gang Gang ... Read more >>
Letter from Rome ... Judges on strike ... Too much "reform" ... Berlusconi legacy ... Referendum on the way ... Constitutional court inflames the Meloni regime with decision on boat people ... Insults galore ... Silvana Olivetti reports ... Read more >>
Tea is for Tippy ... Life of a tiffstaff ... Bright, ambitious and, when it comes to the crucial things, hopeless ... Milking the glory of the gig ... Introducing Tippy, our new blogger filing from within the concrete cage at Queens Square ... From Justinian's Archive, March 15, 2010 ... Read more >>
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City Desk • Tuesday, January 22, 2013 Ethics committee purged by incoming Law Soc prez ... New guidelines on cloud computing and outsourcing not adopted ... Distressed email
Cloud computing, Ethics, Law Society NSW, Outsourcing Neil Watt • Wednesday, December 7, 2011 The new conduct rules for solicitors appear to be more notional than national ... Large Law Firm Group sets the tone ... It's all about what we can get away with ... The "right thing to do" went missing in action ... Neil Watt, who sat on the LCA's ethics committee, experienced a dashing of expectations
Court in the Act • Tuesday, July 19, 2011 News Ltd explains its policies on entrapment, surveillance and private investigators ... Instructive stuff ... The media world lurches off its axis as Rupert & Co are unable to manage the flood of arrests, resignations and on-going investigations .. Late night viewing as a Commons committee presses for answers
Ethics, Phone hacking, Rupert Murdoch Around The Firms • Monday, May 9, 2011 Negotiations have resulted in minor revisions to the proposed Solicitors Conduct Rules ... At least three law societies found the LCA's original "ethical" rules objectionable ... Large law firms wag the dog
Ethics, Law Council of Australia Tulkinghorn • Saturday, April 23, 2011 An over abundance of lawyers does not reduce fat cats' fees ... Anti-competitive rules disguised as ethical principles ... Why are conditional fees banned in criminal cases? ... They're not entirely ... Lionel Murphy and Freehills ... Tulkinghorn explores
Conditional fees, Ethics, No win no pay Tulkinghorn • Monday, December 27, 2010 Economics and criminal defence lawyering ... The creation of a GETGO system ... Ethical rules and the twiddly bits ... Prosecutors are meant to stand still, while the other side does all the shooting ... How do I know whether I am guilty or not until I have seen the evidence? (Irish joke)
Criminal defence, Disclosure of evidence, Ethics Around The Firms • Friday, December 10, 2010 The independent legal profession at work ... Large law firms push through flawed conduct rules for solicitors ... Special provisions for conflicts of interest and referral fees ... "Informed consent" downgraded
Conduct Rules, Ethics