Bankruptcy for former law partner who diverted partnership assets into a new firm … Mounting tally of bankruptcies from breakaway lawyers … Kazakhstan Kapers … Mae Milne in Paris with the latest
Miscarriage at Mt Isa
Court in the Act Friday, August 14, 2026Botched trial presided over by National Party adornment … Mt Isa Children’s Court … Unorthodox sitting time for jury deliberation … Pressured weekend deliberations … No dinner … Weird structure to summing up … Start again … Mae Milne reports
Wetlands of the law
PROCRUSTES Monday, August 10, 2026Albania ahoy … Save the flamingoes from Jared and Ivanka … Legislation rescues developers from litigation … Prime examples from WA and SA … Next step, legislation by press release … Procrustes files
How bad is Trump, really?
Roger Fitch Esq Thursday, August 6, 2026Crimes at the heart of presidential power … Shakedowns, extortions, insider trading, cash for pardons, revenge … And here comes Trump’s enabler, Todd Blanche … Breaking into the backdoor of the Treasury in broad daylight … Roger Fitch with his Letter from Washington
Patrick Mullins
On The Couch Tuesday, August 4, 2026Justinian’s interview with biographer Patrick Mullins … Political profiles … Crime and scandal in rackety nineteenth-century Sydney … His latest book The Stained Man is a triumph … The story of the lawyer-hero, the fall from grace, and the campaign for restoration… On The Couch
Stacks on the mill
Theodora Tuesday, August 4, 2026Spooky lineup of speakers for Bench Stackers hooley … [UPDATE] Cane Toads have their hands up for party-preferred judicial appointments … Apple Isle gets a Judicial Commission with a military attaché … NSW ICAC hard at work with multiple public investigations … Law shop commissioned to investigate whistleblower disclosures … Theodora files
To catch a thief
Letter from Rome Tuesday, July 21, 2026Self-defence in Italy … Outcry over jail term for man defending his property … Death on the footpath … Right-wing politicians vie for the cause … Pardon not appropriate … Politicisation of criminal justice … Our Rome correspondent Silvana Olivetti reports
Bruising encounters with the ticket inspectors
Hellfire Club Monday, July 20, 2026Deticketed solicitor refused readmission … Complains about Supreme Court reasons and wants judgment amended … Lack of insight … Failure to rehabilitate … And – Qld copper turned lawyer comes a cropper … Delay, concealment, leading client up the garden path … Mae Milne reports from the Bureau de Spank