Our own heart of darkness
Critics Corner, Miss Lumière • Tuesday, September 24, 2019 Colonial Tasmania ... The Nightingale ... Jennifer Kent's new film takes us deep into our dark past ... Fearless Irish servant girl teams up with Aboriginal boy to hunt down their tormentors ... Our violent history revealed ... As our reviewer Miss Lumière discovers - there will be blood
A touch of the Blues
Goings On ..., Theodora • Friday, September 20, 2019 Victorian judge agrees to handover the gate key ... Easement hijinks at the Vic Supremes ... Ingress and egress restored to judge's South Yarra neighbours ... Hilary ploughs ahead with her holiday judgment-writing in Canberra ... Latest instructions on wigs and robes ... Vasta Watch - a fresh bulletin ... Bookshelves Brandis bounces back to town ... Theodora reports
Transcript of the week
Court in the Act • Thursday, September 19, 2019 A solicitor appears before a Yarraside judicial registrar ... Where's my stay? ... Waiver of court fees ... Appeal ... What's going on? ... It's so simple ... Give me a case ... Seeking to appeal against an order that is not a final order ... Costs order ... No arguable case .. Impecuniosity ... Abuse of process ... It's pretty simple, right? ... I'm sick of this ... Which part of a fee waiver don't you understand? ... The next case has been called
Clicking the wrong button
Hellfire Club • Wednesday, September 18, 2019 The price of panic ... Stress caught a young lawyer unawares ... An innocent mistake compounded by forgery ... Bad look for the legal business ... Tears at work ... Depression and drinking ... Time in the wilderness for "self-reflection" ... Janek Drevikovsky reports from the Bureau de Spank
The slow law movement
Polly Peck • Monday, September 16, 2019 Important Bills passed by NSW parliament go mouldy on the shelf awaiting proclamation ... Modern Slavery Act and Surveillance Devices amendments ... Where are they? ... Revisions and refinements ... Government runs cold and warmish on data breaches ... Polly Peck reports from Macquarie Street's bear pit
Blow by Blow
Hellfire Club • Saturday, September 14, 2019 UPDATE ... Solicitor ordered to pay court costs personally, within in 60 days ... It took over three years for him to fork-up ... Unacceptable delays ... Far-fetched excuses and extensions of time ... Finding of professional misconduct ... Disgraceful ... Other unattractive priors
Rumble in the jungle
Around the Firms • Friday, September 6, 2019 HWL Ebsworth lawyer told not to bite the hand that feeds the firm ... The turbulent Dr Rumble's criticism of his client ... Bad for business ... Grounds for termination ... Managing partner Martinez intolerant of insubordination ... Christmas party snub ... No presents ... Stephen Murray reports