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Entries in Tim Ellis (8)

Friday
Dec122014

Boondocks bulletin

• DateFriday, December 12, 2014

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

• DateWednesday, November 19, 2014

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

• DateWednesday, July 9, 2014

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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Tuesday
Apr012014

Counsel Assisting wipe the floor 

• DateTuesday, April 1, 2014

Counsel assisting Dyse ... Allsop in the gossip pages ... The Australian passes-off barrister's learned article on the RDA ... Tim Ellis and all Tasmania wait for verdict in driving case ... The "smart arse" tactic ... Queen Anne is dead, long-live coloured robes ... Flying Malaysian Airlines 

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Monday
Nov112013

Bring on the cakes

• DateMonday, November 11, 2013

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

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Tuesday
Oct152013

Corporal punishment 

• DateTuesday, October 15, 2013

Rough end of the pineapple ... Queensland government binging on bikie laws ... Chief Madge herding his flock on bikie bail ... Boy attorney general's VLAD legislation … Peanut gallery for Tasmanian DPP's negligent driving hearings 

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Monday
Jun172013

High Court shuffle

• DateMonday, June 17, 2013

Not only will the treasury benches be rejigged after September 14, so too will the High Court ... Soapy Brandis' vanity bauble ... Legal outsourcing in Van Diemen's Land ... Homework for litigants ... Love at the Lubyanka ... Stand-off between Wayne's World and the WA AG ... Oz legal affairs section wilting ... Meritorious appointment caught-up in Pearce attack ... Courts discuss social media policy, but keep the twitterers at bay 

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Tuesday
Aug302011

Tassie DPP liable for fat negligence award

• DateTuesday, August 30, 2011

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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