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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 >> 

 

 

Friday
Apr282023

We have Wood

• DateFriday, April 28, 2023

Vic's Bar struggles with the Voice ... Should there be a position at all? ... Financial Review'slegal affairs man ticked off ... Old grizzlies out of the cage ... NSW bar run by "woke" mullahs ... More kero on the flames ... Peach Melba with Yarraside Yarns 

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Friday
Apr282023

Window ledges crowded in Phillip Street

• DateFriday, April 28, 2023

Law Society staff and councillors jostle for space on the ledges as more flee the premises ... Regional Women Lawyers ruckus ... Concentration of power alienates young lawyers and smaller firms ... Escrow accounts for barristers create jitters ... Prospective streamlined discipline process ... Fresh hell ... From our intrepid reporter Theodora 

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Wednesday
Apr262023

Brandis era terror laws ripe for parody

• DateWednesday, April 26, 2023

Independent National Security Legislation Monitor urges abolition of continuing detention orders ... Risky risk assessment tool ... Critical review suppressed by Home Affairs ... Benbrika case ... Disproportionate Brandis-era terror laws ... Max Shanahan reports 

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Tuesday
Apr252023

Rock, scissors, paper

• DateTuesday, April 25, 2023

Admin law ... Power of the executive ... Reversing the AAT ... Latest thoughts from the Last Chance Saloon ... Smack for Doc. Donaghue ... Jagot seizes the moment ... Procrustes picks through the entrails of Davis v Minister for Immigration ... Plus, weirdness from Robert Gottliebsen 

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Thursday
Apr202023

Newsy person of the week

• DateThursday, April 20, 2023

Debra Mortimer ... Coronation at the Federales ... Career highlights ... Opportunities taken ... Great cases of our time ... Champion of good causes ... Animals and children ... Theodora reports 

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Wednesday
Apr192023

Westerly wind

• DateWednesday, April 19, 2023

Latest round of judicial hand washing ... Sal's failed case transfer to the Feds ... Lack of resources ... Industrial relations, Nazi style ... Perth lawyer off the hook in bikie-related false statement conspiracy ... Groper reports from Perth 

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Monday
Apr172023

Into the sunset

• DateMonday, April 17, 2023

Dramatic bust up of Adelaide law partnership ... Booming business in Hong Kong ... Lure of Mishcon de Reya ... Hunt through the emails ... Full Feds on the case ... Fiduciary duties ... Misleading and deceptive conduct ... Max Shanahan reports 

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Friday
Apr142023

Blowing cobwebs out of the AG's department

• DateFriday, April 14, 2023

Attorney General Dreyfus' recent agenda ... Busy bee ... Consultations ... Roundtables ... Reviews .. Reforms ... Legislation ... The Voice ... Appointments ... Speeches ... Polly Peck tallies the score 

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Wednesday
Apr122023

Leeser's miserable Voice

• DateWednesday, April 12, 2023

Weasels of the Liberal Party ... His Master's Voice ... Leeser's Lesser Voice ... Moderates in a pickle ... Spoiled for choice ... Furphies and figments ... Polly Peck reports 

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