Slater & Gordon's tropical nightmare
Law shop's misadventures in the Solomons ... Gold digging ... Proceedings against mining company goes awry ... Lawyer rides off on his Harley ... Forgotten history ... From Justinian's Archive, September 3, 2002
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 >>
"Mistakes of law or fact are a professional inevitability for judges, tribunal members and administrative decision makers."
Paul Brereton, Commissioner of the National Corruption Concealment Commission, downplaying the Inspector's finding of bias and procedural unfairness with his conflicted involvement in the decision making about Robodebt referrals ... Read more flatulence ...
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 ...
Law shop's misadventures in the Solomons ... Gold digging ... Proceedings against mining company goes awry ... Lawyer rides off on his Harley ... Forgotten history ... From Justinian's Archive, September 3, 2002
Solo bows ceremony grips Molonglo Supremes ... Press releases flowing from the QE11 Cauldron ... Slater & Gordon minting it as acquisitions pile up
Shades of a torrid time in Townsville ... Media inquiries about Dyse ... Competition for Kirbs ... Slater & Gordon's referral fees ... How Queensland dropped out of the national profession reforms
Slater & Gordon accused of trying to snitch commercial benefit from Turner Freeman's High Court victory in asbestos case ... Angry rebuke ... All a terrible misunderstanding
Mystery person offering settlements for Stephen Firth's clients to withdraw their overcharging cases against Keddies ... Injunction sought ... Former Keddies' partners give undertakings pending further hearing
Risky litigation ... Slater & Gordon acts for Solomon Island landowners in treacherous case against Ross Mining ... Firm later "regrets ever having become involved in the proceedings" ... Earlier adventures of Nick Styant-Browne ... Champerty and maintenance ... From Justinian's archive, September 2002
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