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The law and its miracles ... Party allies selected for judicial elevation in Qld ... Justice Jenni Hill's brother ... More entries for the Golden Tortoise award ... Federal Court muddles the maths, again ... Theodora reports ... Read more >>

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Rupert World ... Lord Moloch’s pal Doug the Diva – driving Washington spare … News UK’s model for unionism … What next for the Washington Post? … Concealed coal lobbyists running an anti-Teal campaign … More corruption busting for Stinging Nettle … The litigation industry spawned by Lehrmann ... Read on >> 

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Party time for Dicey ... Heydon's book - a pathway to rehabilitation ... The predatory man and the clever intellect - all wrapped up in the one person ... Academic tome and cancel agenda ... Despite the plaudits the record of abuse doesn't vanish ... Book launch with young associates at a safe distance ... Procrustes thinks out loud ... Read more >> 

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Being a lawyer can be sheer misery ... Psychological distress ... Workplace incivility ... Lack of support ... Rotten culture ... Report on wellbeing ... More >> 

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Governance turmoil at Tiny Town Law Society ... Night of the long knives ... Lakeside in Canberra ... ACT Law Society upheaval over governance changes ... Bodies carted out of the council room ... Blood on the carpet ... Fraught litigation another distraction ... From Gang Gang ... Read more >> 

"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 ... 

For the latest developments in media law … www.glj.com.au 

Justinian Featurettes

Letter from Rome ... Judges on strike ... Too much "reform" ... Berlusconi legacy ... Referendum on the way ... Constitutional court inflames the Meloni regime with decision on boat people ... Insults galore ... Silvana Olivetti reports ... Read more >> 

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Tea is for Tippy ... Life of a tiffstaff ... Bright, ambitious and, when it comes to the crucial things, hopeless ... Milking the glory of the gig ...  Introducing Tippy, our new blogger filing from within the concrete cage at Queens Square ... From Justinian's Archive, March 15, 2010 ...  Read more >> 

 

 

Tuesday
Jun272023

Darwin's glacier

• DateTuesday, June 27, 2023

Insipid movement at the Northern Territory Judicial Commission ... Complaints against the NT chief justice and the court's second most senior judge ... Allegations of conflicts ... Ducks on a small legal pond bumping into themselves ... NT correspondent Buffalo Bruce reports 

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Tuesday
Jun272023

Litigation triumphs

• DateTuesday, June 27, 2023

Former client claims that dead solicitor breached his trust ... Fidelity Fund asked to stump-up the money ... 20-year hiatus ... Plus - Silk sued over advice on solicitor's credit card debt ... Claims of conspiracy ...  Confusion ... Show cause why the LSC should not be interested ... From our Ringside Reporter 

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Monday
Jun192023

Issues for the Voice box

• DateMonday, June 19, 2023

Meltdown in WA over new Aboriginal cultural heritage legislation ... Blackfellas might stand in the path of progress ... Incandescence abounds ... Blanche divining Bob's Voice wishes ... Indigenous fishing rights ... State Law v Native Title ... Procrustes on the case 

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Tuesday
Jun132023

It's quashing time

, • DateTuesday, June 13, 2023

On the federal front line ... Liberal Party AAT appointment overlooks the fundamentals in a migration review case ... Slap from upstairs ... Street J and the line between efficiency and fairness ... Trying to achieve both in a busy court ... And - VCAT helps a barrister reveal herself ... Theodora reports 

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Tuesday
Jun132023

Deep doo-doo

• DateTuesday, June 13, 2023

Trump indictment ... Top secret, purloined documents ... Fingered by his own people ... More indicting to be done ... Dangerous crim running for president ... Latest from the Supreme Court ... Clarence Thomas weighs in on one of Harlan Crow's cases ... Roger Fitch reports from Washington 

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Friday
Jun092023

Vasta World

• DateFriday, June 9, 2023

Salvatore Vasta's "pumpkin eater" case overturned on appeal ... Unscrambling secret meanings ... Union fines reduced ... Plus ... A special judgment on reasons not to make a transcript available to a litigant ...Sal's latest from our Ringside Reporter 

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Friday
Jun092023

Peter Lyons

• DateFriday, June 9, 2023

Leverhulme RIP ... UK-based correspondent for Justinian dies unexpectedly ... Wonderful writer, a creative teacher, skilled advocate, scholar and friend ... Tribute to Peter Lyons ... By Richard Ackland  

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Tuesday
Jun062023

A paralysing experience

• DateTuesday, June 6, 2023

Anonymous barrister acting for a father in custody dispute ... Also a family friend of both the parties ... Order to stop acting to protect the appearance of justice ... More sensitivity, please ... From our Ringside Reporter 

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Wednesday
May312023

Judges come out to play

• DateWednesday, May 31, 2023

Muck up day ... Judges out of school ... Jokers on the tear ... Pulled into line and told to stand with their noses to the wall ... Justices Wilson and Harrison open their lunch boxes ... Associate of judges Ginger Snatch reports 

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