Driving a stationary car with the engine off in the Wild West … An unlicensed driving experience … The judge has a dictionary … Fringe Benefits Tax and the council carpark … Fees charged for parking … Great minds disagree on whether it is a “commercial” operation … Ginger Snatch has the details

FCFC Div 1 judge steps down from hearing a case because of apprehended bias … Former judge from the court appears as counsel … Too close for comfort … Perception of barrister with the “inside running” … People in receipt of judicial pensions appearing as briefs … Judges’ handbook proves insufficient … Ginger Snatch reports from courtside

Amorous intent … In a scathing judgment the Full Feds overturn Judge Greg Egan in a sex abuse case … Mishandling the evidence … Unwarranted adverse inferences … “Extraordinary” reasoning … Speculations … Ginger Snatch reports

Willy Alstergren angry over Debbie Mortimer’s intervention in the Circuit and Family Court review … Federal Court CJ accused of straying into government policy … FCA CEO cross-examined over hidden drinks and canapés bill … Native Title judges line up for the Garma festival … Associate of judges Ginger Snatch reports

Former defamation silk takes the podium … Speech and fielding questions in clubland … Jabs at enemies … Why fewer punters are suing … Cross-examining journalists … Fun cases … When not to sue … From Ginger Snatch at lunch