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Entries in Map of Tasmania (13)

Tuesday
Jun162020

Tales from The Map

City Desk ... Silken art critic floored … Restraint of Dr Scutt fades … BYO at The Tasmanian Club …Well done Wayne ... Entire family escapes public hanging ... From Justinian's Archive, April 30, 2003 

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Thursday
Dec182014

Adventures at conventionville

Global advocacy convention in Taswegia ... Putting The Map on the map ... Federal Court issues hygiene edicts ... Former solicitor general disports himself ... MONA critiqued by judge ... Spanking disturbs UK judge ... A field agent reports 

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Friday
Dec122014

Boondocks bulletin

Updated on Wednesday, December 17, 2014 by Registered CommenterJustinian

Update ... Aussie bloke revving around Fernberg ... No Banco farewell for John Muir ... London clerk fetches-up at Doyle Chambers ... Government Gazette issues grovel to Supreme Court judges ... Also, latest from The Map ... The Ellis' case gets political ... Lawyer pinged for lifting cash ... Tribunal in strife over PDF practice direction 

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Wednesday
Nov192014

Letter from the Map

Ellis hanging on for pre-Christmas appeal decision ... Law Society misses out on seminar bonanza ... Solicitor involved in toilet scuffle now on trial for tickling the till ... The Map of Tasmania 

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Wednesday
Jul092014

Speculations from The Map

It's Erich's say so ... Flags half-mast ... Who'll be Tasmania's new governor? ... Where to for Lieutenant Governor Mr Squiggle? ... Solicitor General's job goes begging ... What now for the Ellis appeal? 

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Monday
Nov112013

Bring on the cakes

Map of Tasmania ... Minimal laughter at editor's oration to magistrates ... Lingering questions unanswered ... Ellis case 

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Saturday
Mar092013

Chestnut in the fire

The Map of Tasmania ... Madge Marron birched again, this time by the CJ-in-waiting ... Traffic Act trauma ... New Supremos

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Friday
Feb152013

AAT prez birched by fellow Tasmanians 

Full court of the Tas Supremes lays into Duncan Kerr ... Where was the case law? ... Unmeritorious applications ... Needless grounds of appeal ... Time wasting ... Costs punishment ... Map of Tasmania 

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Wednesday
Oct172012

Fancy footwork 

UPDATE ... Moaning judges flee MONA family law dinner dance … Tussle for the top Supreme Court post in Van Diemen's Land … Putting a shine on SCs … Female barristers decaying less quickly than males … Pulp fiction's playthings  

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Saturday
Apr212012

Ticking all the bruvvers' boxes 

Apple Isle underwhelmed by Duncan Kerr's appointment as president of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal … Are Tasmanians trying to tell us something? … Labor mate triumphs …  Support from convicted cleaner ... Map of Tasmania 

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Tuesday
Aug302011

Tassie DPP liable for fat negligence award

DPP Tim Ellis will have to shoulder his portion of a $1 million damages award by the Van Diemen's Land full court ... Grossly expensive spat with former client of Clarke & Gee ... Teeth gnashed across the Map of Tasmania    

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Monday
Sep202010

Lawyers, guns and wildlife

Map of Tasmania ... Huge damages threatened against police for refusal to allow famous Tasmanian barrister to shoot animals from his Porsche ... Excrement on golf course fairways ... Native hens don't scare easily - they will need to be shot

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Wednesday
Apr302003

Famous artist derided by tired silk

Silken art critic floored ... Restraint of Dr Scutt fades ... BYO at The Tasmanian Club ... Entire family escapes public hanging 

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