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 >>
Polly gets a cracker ... The Parrot falls from his bully pulpit … Performances … The end of the Wharf Revue … Bruce McClintock on stage at The Onion Club … Freaks on the loose in Washington ... 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 >>
London Calling ... Vitamin D deficiency ... Anti-vax solicitor birched for "friendly warning" to schools ... Budget measures hit private school fee payers and their personal jets ... Robing room "humour" ... Equality and sensitivity training missing in action ... Floyd Alexander-Hunt reports from Blighty ... Read more >>
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 ...
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Artemus Jones - Spending time with a women who is not his wife.
Barely Legal - Still at law school, trying to understand what it's all about.
Comment - Untamed opinions.
Critics Corner - Criticism of critics.
Dorothy Says - Dot is a partner at a big law firm with acidic observations about what goes on.
Junior Junior - Our baby barrister blogger slowly comes to grips with the mysteries of the bar.
Peach Melba - Dazzling, with a finely tuned Yarraside snout.
Procrustes - The columnist who also blogs.
Student-at-Large - Small students with large opinions.
Theodora - Theodora was married to Justinian, and despite a shaky start in life now runs the empire like Mrs Thatcher.
Unrobed - Reporting on unhealthy obsessions.
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Barely Legal • Monday, February 24, 2014 Barely Legal joins Justinian's team of bloggers ... A sense of failure sets in early ... Fluffing her way through VITs ... The cruelty of senior associates
Law firms, Law graduates Stephen Keim SC & Alex McKean • Wednesday, February 5, 2014 The LNP has it in for Fitzgerald's legacy ... Gutting the Crime and Misconduct Commission ... Fixers appointed to "implementation panel" ... Stephen Keim and Alex McKean give the background on the creation of Newman's Star Chamber
Junior Junior • Tuesday, February 4, 2014 No cheques, no work, too poor to travel ... Junior Junior gets through January - preceded by a ghastly Christmas ... The myth of trying to be conspicuous during the break
Junior bar Peter Lyons • Thursday, January 23, 2014 Cross examiners advised not to get too cross ... The art of confronting, probing and insinuation ... Peter Lyons reviews the techniques of some notable advocates
Advocacy, cross-examination Theodora • Friday, December 27, 2013 Another fun-filled year for lawyers and the law ... 2013 bursting with distressing moments ... A collection of highlights and lowlights
Stephen Keim SC & Alex McKean • Wednesday, December 11, 2013 Strong case that Premier Campbell Newman misled the Queensland Parliament ... Ducking for cover over PCMC investigations ... Patsy article from CMC in support of bikie law ... Denial strains credulity ... From Stephen Keim and Alex McKean
Stephen Keim SC & Alex McKean • Wednesday, December 4, 2013 Was the Crime and Misconduct Commission recruited to write puff pieces in support of the bikie legislation? ... Questions the Courier-Mail should be asking ... Conflict of evidence still unresolved ... Stephen Keim and Alex McKean press ahead
Corruption, Queensland government Stephen Keim SC & Alex McKean • Saturday, November 30, 2013 Queensland's Parliamentary Crime and Misconduct Committee sacked by Newman government ... Democratic institutions threatened ... Was the head of the Crime & Misconduct Commission pressured to publicly support the government's bikie laws? ... Irreconcilable evidence ... From Stephen Keim and Alex McKean
Dr Criminale • Tuesday, November 12, 2013 The Sydney Sparkes Orr scandal is long forgotten ... These days it is not uncommon for academics to be engaged in horizontal collaboration with their students ... Law lecturer Dr Criminale probes
Academic life, Sex Junior Junior • Monday, October 28, 2013 The interplay between barrister and solicitor ... Did Junior Junior's female friend at the bar get a big brief because the solicitor fancied her? ... Surely it's her legal skills that are in demand?
Barristers, Briefs, Solicitors Dr Criminale • Friday, September 27, 2013 Teaching students? - forget about it ... The pressing work of law faculty academics is filling out online forms and formatting medical certificates ... Dr Criminale flunks his test with the university's Office of Strategy and Outcomes
Academic life, Sick leave, Universities Junior Junior • Thursday, September 26, 2013 Junior Junior goes all political ... Her sought-after insights on the federal election and the bar's tussle over incorporation ... Time for change ... Colleagues agree
Federal election 2013, Incorporation, NSW Bar Dr Criminale • Friday, July 19, 2013 A kind of madness grips Dr Criminale as his allocated pile of exam papers doesn't seem to diminish ... The academic art of staying conscious while assessing the work of students ... The production mill that manufactures new lawyers
Examinations, Law students, Universities Junior Junior • Wednesday, July 10, 2013 Treachery among learned friends ... Being double-crossed by one's own ... Junior Junior would rather play fair and lose the case, than foul and win it ... How honourable can you get?
Barristers, Treachery Junior Junior • Friday, June 28, 2013 "Why are you here?" the judge asks ... Lessons from a run of losses ... Junior Junior is advised about the virtue of defeat
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