Systems abuse … Family law in the Wild West … Hysterical lawyer spraying worthless applications like confetti … Court of Appeal gets a grip … The law used as a vehicle for family violence … May Milne reports
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Justinian, at a ripe age … The Fin Review’s Janek Drevikovsky analyses Justinian’s 48th birthday party … The Legal Brief
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Mondo Italiano … Italy, one step at a time … Restaurant law prescribed by the EU … Mafia traditions … Benito’s clockwork trains … All aboard with the pooches … The commodification of tourism … Bangladeshi handbags made in Milano … Fascist clarion call for the looming elections
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Police accept that the warrants issued to search Mountbatten Windsor's home were unlawful ... Media access to the redacted court file ... Reasons of Justice Hilliard
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Legal 500 (accidentally) publishes damning reviews of the leading lights at English bar
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Judges concerned about the effect of NSW bail laws on children ... Youngsters overcharged by police and treated more harshly than adults charged with the same crime
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Andrew Mountbatten Windsor seeking judicial review of his arrest and search of his home by Thames Valley police ... Alleged confidential leaks to Epstein
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Analysis of the 2026 list of successful silk aspirants at the NSW bar ... Recapping earlier dramas about details of repeat applicants
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ACMA excoriated for its finding that 4 Corners breached impartiality standards for its program on the Australian War Memorial's $500 million renovation ... Basic misunderstanding of "impartiality" ... Fatally flawed report
Jack Lang … Reprised video of ABC doco on the life and times of the extraordinary politician Jack Lang
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Final judgment for High Court legends … Mary & Bill gathered by their maker … Memories of Gaudron: cigarettes and beer … Earthy presence at the Saloon … Advice on Lionel and The Age tapes … Gummow’s method … Cunning bullets … Working with Byers … Teaching … Secrets taken to the grave … Procrustes remembers
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Justinian’s 48th Birthday Party … Celebrations for the famous organ at The Mint in Sydney … The Publisher delivers a major oration and thanks the many hands who have made Justinian what it is today …
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Postcard from Paris … A university student in Paris … Misplaced French words … Bureaucracy … Eating subsidised food … Right to protest about anything … Forthcoming election … Mme Camembert reporting for business
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“I expressed my significant concerns about the article and requested, among other things, that it be taken down in its current form.”
“The article was both gratuitous and hurtful … I write to assure you that every application presently before the silk selection committee will be considered against [the published criteria]. Nothing published by Mr Drevikovsky will have any influence on that process.”
NSW Bar President Dominic Toomey in correspondence with his members and the 104 silk applicants about the Financial Review’s article headlined Meet the barristers who apply for silk year in, year out … August 31, 2026
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The Whistling Wind … Whistleblowing … Opaque explanations to PID complaints on FCA National Judicial Registrar appointments … Skewed process … Favouritism … The lingering sore … Public Service Commission and Ombudsman drop the bundle … Senator’s detailed questions on notice … NACC flubs it … Courtney Docket reports
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Self-promotion … Academics scramble to peddle influence with High Court judges … Government seeks new role for s.18C … Twenty-one years later, the cheque arrives … Would you eat at a cafe owned by a Cabinet minister?
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