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"One wonders whether a murderer who later contributes to society might be treated better that Heydon has been." 

Janet Albrechtsen in The Australian seeking the resurrection of former justice Dyson Heydon whose sexual predations ruined the legal careers of young women associates at the High Court ... April 11, 2025 ... Read more flatulence ... 

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On the Couch: where notable notables bear their souls. 
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Entries by Justinian (273)

Tuesday
May192020

Tributes to David Levine

• DateTuesday, May 19, 2020

The former NSW Supreme Court defamation judge David Levine died on May 11 at the age of 75 ... The Gazette pays tribute to him with a collection of memories from friends and colleagues ... Contributions from Tom Blackburn SC, Richard Coleman, Judith White, Judge Judith Gibson, Peter Semmler QC, Robyn Ayres, Sophie Dawson and Jim Micallef 

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Tuesday
May052020

Philip Selth - obituary

• DateTuesday, May 5, 2020

Richard Ackland reflects, far too briefly, on the life of Philip Selth ... Former executive director of the NSW Bar Association ... Networker extraordinaire ... Historian, administrator and consumer of Japanese food ... An unexpected friendship  

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Tuesday
May052020

Lawyers in lockdown - part two

• DateTuesday, May 5, 2020

Documentaries and TV series ... Ten favourites hand-picked by Miss Lumière ... Lawyers, crime, trials and injustice ... Pithy analysis ... DVDs and streaming by the mile ... Months of worthwhile top-level distraction on the box 

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Friday
May012020

Solemn Mess

DateFriday, May 1, 2020

Pell verdict from on High ... Clash of credibilities ... Tricks of the trade ... The jury must be irrational ... Compounding improbabilities ... The improbable nature of cardinals ... Doubts, reasonable and otherwise ... Media hysterics ... Theodora on the case 

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Wednesday
Apr222020

Films for lawyers in lockdown

• DateWednesday, April 22, 2020

Miss Lumière selects 10 of her favourite courtroom films ... An Atticus Finch/John Grisham free zone ... Not all is black and white ... Flaws in the legal process finely wrought on celluloid ... Most if not all are available on streaming services 

 

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Friday
Feb282020

David Jackson QC

• DateFriday, February 28, 2020

On The Couch with Jacko ... Failure to sing God Save the King ... Winning cases that should be won ... The role of money ... Military inclinations ... Changing role of the High Court ... Wither the bar? ... And more 

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Thursday
Feb272020

RIP Mighty Mouse

• DateThursday, February 27, 2020

Hazel Murphy - marketing marvel for Australian wine in the UK and Europe ... Obit from Justinian's wine correspondent Gabriel Wendler ... Bron Waugh became a believer ... "Chateau Chunder" rendered obsolete  

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Thursday
Feb272020

Top End trauma

DateThursday, February 27, 2020

Conduct unbecoming ... Judicial officer who is a repeat offender ... Internal investigations ... Counselling .. No evident improvement in behaviour ... "Lapses in demeanour" ... Home spun NT Judicial Commission ... From John Lawrence SC in Darwin 

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Thursday
Feb132020

What's on Porter's plate?

DateThursday, February 13, 2020

Where are we with Christian Porter's legislative agenda? ... The multi-hatted attorney general is a busy boy ... Rejigging Bills to squeeze them through the senate ... Not much movement on the Integrity Commission front ... Religious discrimination bill is a sinkhole of misery ... Family law is stuck ... Union bashing and other tricks upfront ... Janek Drevikovsky reports 

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Monday
Jan272020

Lynching by lawyers

, • DateMonday, January 27, 2020

Just Mercy ... Bryan Stevenson and the Equal Justice Initiative ... Saving the misrepresented from death row ... Black men presumed guilty in America's south ... Racist legal system ... Dirty prosecution tricks ... Frying flesh... Miss Lumière at the movies 

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