Wreckage

The Christian Porter vanquished but delusional ... Convinced his humiliation is a triumph ... Woe ... Allegations remain unamended ... Where are the damages and the grovel? ... Settlement statement by ABC concedes nothing ... Porter the Pollie is finito ... Polly Peck reports 

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Celebrity Sue

Ultimately, being a celebrity silk does not save the day ... Chrysanthou out of the Christian Porter battle ... Where now for the case? ... Rising costs, delays ... Financial vulnerability ... Unhelpful media commentary from the applicant ... Artemus Jones comments 

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Time flies when you're having ...

Freshly minted from university ... Associateship beckons ... Interim job bailing water out of the leaky parole boat ... Delays and judicial reviews ... Barely Legal finds out about stuff never taught at university 

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Porter's case runs amok

Dyer v Chrysanthou ... Porter stands by his brief as case gets bogged in interlocutory disputes ... Trouble for client when the lawyers become the main story ... Expense and delay do not assist Porter ... "Infection" of the legal team ... September trial date looking wobbly ... Defamation trial could clash with the electoral cycle ... Observations from Artemus Jones 

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Onward Christian Soldiers

The Christian's defamation campaign has been sidetracked ... Now he's a respondent fighting to keep one of his barristers on the ticket ... Risk of misuse of confidential information ... Discovery ordered ... Who told others of concerns about potential conflict? ... Layer upon layer of contention before we get to D-Day 

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Wet lettucing for racist, homophobic vilification

NCAT hands out paltry penalty for "vile" tirade ... Distressing assault in Taree ... Vilification delivered from private property but held to be a "public act" ... Adverse psychological effect on Aboriginal elder ... No order for an apology because it would not be "sincere" ... Janek Drevikovsky reports 

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Report from Hong Kong

What's going on with law and justice in Hong Kong ... Large number of accused in democracy clamp-down ... Special judges who accept subservient role ... Preliminary election regarded as subversion ... Legislative Council expected to be "patriotic" ... Newspaper proprietor in prison ... Text books being re-written ... Exodus accelerates ... From Our Man Clinging On In Hong Kong 

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Noteworthy decision

Billing ... Ebsworth refused to hand over file notes to client ... Client's bills paid by bank ... Property of the file notes ... For whose benefit were the file notes created? ... No charge code in billing system for file notes ... Janek Drevikovsky reports 

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Accessory to the swordsman

Prosecutor on the ropes ... Court finds murder prosecution was unreasonable ... Unstable witness the basis of "case theory" ... Witness alleges mistreatment by DPP ... Evidence withheld ... Offender recovers legal fees ... Janek Drevikovsky reports 

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