UPDATE … SUPPRESSION ORDER … Chief Justice Shanahan suppresses publication of Justice Stephen Estcourt’s Facebook posts … Alleged disposition in favour of sexual assault victims … Effect on award of damages in sexual abuse case … Claim of apprehended bias … Notice of appeal … From Trevor Quoll in Hobart

UPDATE … FRESH NEWS … New Tasmanian CJ meets strong headwinds … Gunson withdraws … Selection protocol ignored … Apple Isle outsider foisted on the court … Judges furious … Agenda at play … Guv’nor to hand out royal baubles to silks … Trevor Quoll reports

Quick contempt trigger in Launceston court … Procedural unfairness with a helping of apprehended bias … Memories of Judge Sal … Courtside at The Map … Errol Quoll reporting

Hobart’s KC lobby beating the drum … Pitching to government knuckle-draggers … Fresh campaign … Same stuff … More surveys … A Tree for Tasmanian Supremes … News from The Map

Report from Van Diemen’s Land … Full court reconstitutes itself to deliver judgment in the absence of rusticated judge … Blow CJ’s “request” lost in the mail … Tasmanian forest management scheme … Regulators employed by the loggers … Dame Enid reports