New Administrator for the NT brings his old school racism with him … He’s sorry for past outbursts of bigotry, of course he is … Previous life as manager of Allan Myers KC’s pastoral leases … President of the NT Cattleman’s Association … Submissions from Tipperary Stations Group on Native Title detriment slapped down by Commissioner John Mansfield … Does Myers stand by his man? … Buffalo Bruce has the story
Reputational tatters
City Desk Thursday, February 26, 2026Planet Janet disgraced in Press Council findings … Victory parade for her arch enemy … Umpire blamed and attacked … Dishing it out … Thin-skins try to rescue the day … Dishonest journalism … From Justinian’s City Desk
Choice pickings
Law & Justice Sunday, January 25, 2026Ten of Justinian’s selected illuminations from 2025 … News you may have missed … Disturbing morsels … Human frailty … Unhappy relationships … Despair and hope … Smorgasbord of delights
Grin and bear it
Sandy Groper Saturday, November 8, 2025Champing 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
Peter Bartlett
On The Couch Monday, October 20, 2025The long-standing partner of MinterEllison is on the Couch … Now partner emeritus … A life tangling with reptiles of the media … Getting the story across the line… The big cases … Right to know threatened by piranha lawyers and their well funded clients … Triumphs and despairs
Charlotte Grieve
On The Couch Monday, October 6, 2025On the Couch with the journalist who successfully defended her investigative story about the rogue surgeon Dr Mudjed Al Muderis … Gruelling defamation trial … Massive expense … Six days of cross-examination … Breakthrough for the public interest defence … Family-in-law
Zeitgeist litigation
Bar Talk Thursday, April 24, 2025Matt Collins KC on live-streaming of high-profile trials … Social media nightmare … Abuse of barristers … Chilling emails … Trials as a form of public entertainment … Courts sleepwalking into a dangerous zone … Framework needed to balance competing interests … Paper delivered to Australian Lawyers Alliance Conference
Holding onto Hope: Gina Rinehart’s Bleak House
Bar Talk Tuesday, April 22, 2025Seeking chunks of the huge iron ore pit, Hope Downs … Tracing the tangled Wright, Hancock, Rinehart litigation … Allegations of fraud against the family trust …Manoeuvring … Tax “advice” … Shifting vesting date … Money, the root of unhappiness … Anthony-James Kanaan reports