Strk in the slow lane

Sandy Groper    Friday, October 9, 2026

Snap … More than three years for reasons in a WA Supremes case … Piddling damages … Unsuccessful application for declarations against a Perth accountancy shop … Bafflement … Dr Jackman’s Nō-Dōz prescription required … Sandy Groper reports

 

Torpid languor 

Sandy Groper    Thursday, September 24, 2026

Glacial judicial movements out west … Distinguished Supremos keep the customers waiting … Circuiteer’s snail-paced delivery burdened by grinding detail  … Dizzo judge in fresh egregious error … Sandy Groper reports from Swanside

 

Swanside Stories

Sandy Groper    Friday, July 17, 2026

A WA Supreme Court case with its fair share of peculiarities … Judge researches habeas corpus in his chambers … Discovers other undisclosed cases involving the applicant … How much research are judges allowed? … Plus – a fresh entry into the slow lane by a repeat contender from the Circuit Court … Sandy Groper reports from Perth

 

News from Swanside

Sandy Groper    Wednesday, April 29, 2026

WA Supremes … Judge goes to town … Head of boutique law shop spanked for letting employed solicitor carry the load … Late and inadequate application close to trial date … Responsibility flows upwards, not downwards … Plus … Jenni Hill, again … Sandy Groper files from Perth

 

Ponderations out West

Sandy Groper    Wednesday, February 18, 2026

New Year’s rest and recreation cancelled for Perth-based federal judge … Dizzo criminal specialist makes a long job of property dispute … Supreme Court deliberates for a year on threshold question – does a dispute exist? … Sandy Groper reports

 

Grin and bear it

Sandy Groper    Saturday, November 8, 2025

Champing at the bit … Plodding through the individual steps in the litigation process … No evident inefficiency or delay … Anxieties aplenty … Mortimer CJ replies to complaint … Lengthy correspondence … Peril for judges posting on social media … No recusal, only refusal … Sandy Groper reports