A fresh scandal envelops Clarence Thomas … Racist texts from his new law clerk … And an implausible excuse
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Farrugia v The King … Their Highnesses deal with an alleged conflict of interest by senior counsel defending two drug importers … Different submissions in the District Court on the objective seriousness of each defendant’s offending … The appellant received a longer custodial sentence … Evidence was not adduced by the appellant as to the advice he received or instructions he gave to senior counsel … Therefore, no conflict was established … Majority: Gageler, Gordon, Steward, Gleeson & Beech-Jones. Minority: Edelman & Jagot
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Long tail of the law … Silencing Silenced … Where’s Linda’s loot? … Faruqi v Hanson … MacInnes v Wilson … Dirty bathwater … The High Court beckons … Angus Taylor snared in Catholic mafia’s web … ICAC gets close to the flame
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Articles, Opinions, Notions & Cases
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Alan Jones goes to Mark Foys
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Farewell Tony Hartnell ... Allens partner, corporate czar, horse breeder, one half of Antagonistic & Heartless, and trencherman extraordinaire
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The delusions of Chief Justice John Roberts ... He just can't see the bias
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Victorian government flags amendments to the Open Courts Act ... Review underway ... Interim suppression orders for accused rapists to be restricted ... Outcry over orders granted to Ralph (The Rug) Carr and Tom Silvagni
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Allens' scant investigation into KPMG ... Just two 30-minute interviews with former KPMG partners with a finding that whistleblower's allegations were unsubstantiated ... 61-page report released by parliamentary committee
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Commissioner Virginia Bell criticises claims from Jewish leader Alex Ryvchin that Palestinian organisations who had leave to appear had "hijacked" the Royal Commission into antisemitism ... Counsel for the Australia Palestine Advocacy Network received Islamophobic abuse
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The NSW Attorney General accepts Noel Hutley's advice that there are no grounds to sack the DPP Sally Dowling ... Findings in a parliamentary report were baseless and speculative
Jonathan Sumption … On judges keeping their noses out of government policy
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How bad is Trump, really? … Crimes at the heart of presidential power … Shakedowns, extortions, insider trading, cash for pardons, revenge … And here comes Trump’s enabler, Todd Blanche … Breaking into the backdoor of the Treasury in broad daylight … Roger Fitch with his Letter from Washington
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Bolstering Counter-Terrorism Laws … Expanded counter-terrorism regime … Stronger control order and post-sentencing framework in the Criminal Code …Warrants for electronic surveillance in preparation for a control order request
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To catch a thief … Self-defence in Italy … Outcry over jail term for man defending his property … Death on the footpath … Right-wing politicians vie for the cause … Pardon not appropriate … Politicisation of criminal justice … Our Rome correspondent Silvana Olivetti reports
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“The No.1 priority is to beat the communist Labor government. We’ve got to be honest. If there’s an opportunity to form a government [with One Nation] to beat the communists, then we’ll do it. That shouldn’t be controversial.”
Liberal Party frontbencher Senator Andrew Bragg, July 27, 2026
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Patrick Mullins … Justinian’s interview with biographer Patrick Mullins … Political profiles … Crime and scandal in rackety nineteenth-century Sydney … His latest book The Stained Man is a triumph … The story of the lawyer-hero, the fall from grace, and the campaign for restoration… On The Couch
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Snouts in government trough … Everyone likes a good story about lawyers’ fees … We’ve reached back to March 1994, to the days of hard copy, and found the money shelled out by the AGS to lawyers in the 1993 financial year … Many went on to fame and bigger fortune … Justinian’s Archive, March 1994
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