Clutz appeals injunction against Allan Myers

Is Allan Myers the only silk in Melbourne? ... Clayton Utz insists on having this singular barrister to fend off claims by former partner Chris Dale ... Spectre of Rolah McCabe and document destruction ... Appeal against orders that Myers should not appear for the firm ... On and on it goes 

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Pineapple punch

Ithaca on the horizon ... Pineapple Mafia sharpening its implements ... Tutt-Tutt ... Wall-banging on the Gold Coast ... A Clare view of the law ... Murph surfs to a victory over the Legal Services Commissioner 

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Sometimes you get paedophiles for weeks and weeks

Justinian interviews iconic court reporters Julie Johnson and Margaret Kirkpatrick ... Behind-the-scenes intricacies of electronic shorthand ... Capturing forever the highs and lows of court proceedings ... Judges who show consideration ... A vital cog in the justice system 

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The struggle to be different

Boosterism and law firm marketing ... Buffing the image with hype and lofty, but empty, messages ... The challenge of global positioning ... Alix Piatek reports 

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Allan Myers struck from Clayton Utz case

Gilded orb of the Yarraside bar removed from appearing for Clayton Utz in bitter litigation over sacking of partner Christopher Dale ... Silk can't remember meeting and giving advice that is now the subject of litigation 

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Rural land access for miners presents new fields for lawyer colonisation

Mining companies hold the trump cards in getting access to farmland ... Unlike the Obeids, not all rural landholders are bending over backwards to have coal explorers blight the bucolic landscape ... Shortage of adequate agents and knowledgeable arbitrators 

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Stepping backwards out of the dark

Chief Justice Paul de Jersey dominated the news agenda with a speech suggesting that it was time juries have more information about an accused's other offences ... Queensland criminal barrister Peter Callaghan SC has his reservations 

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Solicitor presses for sex 78 times in horror harassment session

Unnerving sexual harassment campaign by suburban Melbourne solicitor ... Female member of staff awarded $100,000 damages ... Secret video of prolonged and repetitive harassment ... Solicitor's denials shot down by his own video ... Transcript - read it and weep 

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Trial by the dozen

Court swap ... Villawood trial in the Supreme Court heard in old Dizzo digs ... Interpreters and lawyers dig-in for the long haul ... Alix Piatek visits with her notebook 

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Two sorts of fusion

The fusion that dares not speak its name ... How many lawyers does it take ...? ... Solicitors and barristers - differences ... Supreme Court decisions on legal aid rulings in Victoria show the extent of the barristers-judges fusion ... Tulkinghorn explains 

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The Pryce of revenge

Ex-wife of former UK cabinet minister convicted of perverting course of justice ... Pryce's confidentiality lost when Sunday Times abandoned appeal ... The secret source in speeding scandal who became the story ... Others also drawn into the wreckage ... Paul Karp investigates 

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Upset journalist complains to lawyer's boss

Melbourne lawyer dobbed into managing partner by journalist who objected to her Tweets ... Journalistic mistake corrected, but war of words erupts on social media ... What's with journalists being sensitive? ... Alix Piatek reports 

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Cost agreements and paying your barrister

Unsuccessful claim by solicitors that a costs agreements with a barrister is unenforceable ... Legal Profession Act allows fees to be recovered by a barrister from a solicitor even where there is no legal services contract 

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Old Mates Act

Exciting new brooms in the boardroom of NSW Legal Aid ... Commodore Collins hired to slay plans for green slip and motor accident reform 

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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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Washington notebook

Gongs for drone crews ... Military detention for civilians ... Australia listed among the countries that collaborated with the CIA's "detention, rendition and interrogation" program ... Court vacancies at crisis point ... NRA lobbying on judicial appointments ... Clarence Thomas speaks ... Roger Fitch - Our Man in Washington  

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Queen Victoria Land

Barrister branding … War of the post-nominals … Tidal wave of support at Yarraside Bar 'n' Grill for gold plating the business … Letters Patent-Leather and the return of QCs 

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How wrong can you be?

Punters' peril ... $400,000 damages for professional negligence confiscated from client because solicitor enjoyed immunity ... Five judge panel flexes its brain power to bolster the fortress 

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Missing in action

NSW lawyers disciplinary register falls into disrepair ... Missing names ... Legal Services Commissioner says he doesn't know about disciplinary findings that are publicly available ... Hydra-headed regulatory regime dysfunctional  

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Wymyn baristas

Vic EO & HRC didn't include wymyn baristas in its recent study of women in the law ... Law Council doing its own report, but going in a different direction ... Reports and inquiries aplenty ... Meanwhile, bar has policy meeting on women applying for silk, but only a few knew about it ... Alix Piatek reports 

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