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| Tulkinghorn July 1, 2009 |
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| The barrister cartel | |
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How Australia inherited barristerial rorts from the Old Dart … Latest ABS figures show Australian barristers have profit margins four times that of US drug companies … Up there with cocaine dealers ... more |
| Roger Fitch Esq July 1, 2009 | |
| Our Man in Washington | |
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“Terrorist Incapacitation” – the new gloss for indefinite detention … If tax lawyers can be indicted for fraudulent advice, why not John Yoo for torture advice? ... Suppressed report on “interrogation policy” due to see the light of day ... more |
| Leverhulme June 30, 2009 | |
| London Calling | |
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The feedback form is wreaking havoc with continuing professional development. Leverhulme explains how whinging law firm students rort the CPD process ... more |
| City Desk June 30, 2009 | |
| More vroom-vroom | |
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Those culture vultures are at it again in New South Wales. Polluting, noisy and crass car rally given its head as Rees government suspends environmental and safety protections throughout northern shires. Bruce Donald reports ... more |
| Procrustes June 30, 2009 | |
| Keep them out | |
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House of Lords has overthrown British sovereignty on national security … At least our High Court is made of sterner stuff … Beware a Bill of Rights … Procrustes prefers the well-manicured approach to society ... more |
| City Desk June 25, 2009 | |
| Godless Wrech | |
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Turnbull – professional bully, leaker and steamroller – seems to have got himself into a frightful pickle … Naturally, we are overcome with grief … The Godless Wrech affair … Scramble to cover-up … The last shoe to fall ... more |
Déjà Vu
June 23,
2009  |
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| Rewind | |
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From the hard copy era … Law Society singalongs on the train trip to Adelaide … “Disappointing legal advice” from Abbott Tout ... more |
| Polly Peck June 22, 2009 | |
| "I put it to you ..." | |
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How laughable are the Libs? ... The toxic world of Senate Estimates … The Feline’s Friend stumbles as Utegate fails to skittle Wax or Wayne … Then there was Soapie Brandis’ blustering cross-examination of the HRC’s Catherine Branson, which went precisely nowhere ... more |
| Polly Peck June 23, 2009 | |
| Hefferlump and the judge | |
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Senator Heffernan wants the Commonwealth DPP to get down and dirty about sentencing kiddie fiddlers … More madness from the Land of Senate Estimates ... more |
| Polly Peck June 22, 2009 | |
| Libs' "balanced" approach on human rights | |
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Liberals’ uncomfortable straddle on human rights … They are for HR, as long as the Human Rights Commission advocates against a Charter of Rights ... more |
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Jaws
June 19,
2009 |
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| Gigibaba | |
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A case of not quite enough gigabites at Gigibaba, the mod-Turkish eatery that has Melbourne’s fooderati hip-hopping. It was just a matter of time before Justinian got into restaurant reviewing. Our menu maven Jaws takes her cake hole for a test run ... more |
| City Desk June 17, 2009 | |
| Love letter to a cat | |
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Love in the seventies … A young Malcolm Turnbull warns his ex-girlfriend’s cat about the treachery of new boyfriends … Cat asked to intercede in broken romance drama … A Justinian exclusive ... more |
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Junior Junior
June 17,
2009 |
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| Three good reasons | |
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Our Junior Junior is freshly turned out as a barrister with tons of work-free time to ponder the brilliance of this career move … Surely the lack of fee-producing activity is due to an electrical fault in chambers ... more |
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Victoria Mole
June 16,
2009 |
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| The performing Mole | |
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A film set … The scene is a meeting room at The Firm … There are three actors in the room … Victoria Mole’s performance is being reviewed ... more |
| Sir Terence O'Rort June 15, 2009 | |
| Tat-tar Tampoe | |
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Another spivvy lawyer struck from the jam roll in Qld … Robin Tampoe fell out with the Corbys and potty-mouthed his way to extinction ... more |
| Critics' Corner June 15, 2009 | |
| The privilege is all ours ... | |
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What got the privileged Julian Burnside hooked on the underprivileged? He explains in his essay On Privilege, reviewed here by The Worm ... more |
| Only in America June 12, 2009 | |
| Woody's big fat right to privacy | |
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American Apparel ripped off the image of Woody Allen … Strange marketing idea … The CEO of the company thinks that he and Woody are victims of unfortunate sexual innuendos … If only his lawyers had read Nixon v Slater & Gordon ... Pillsbury Flom reports Stateside ... more |
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Critics' Corner
June 11,
2009 |
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| On Doubt | |
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It’s Just One of Those Things … As Abelard said to Heloise, ‘don’t forget to drop a line to me please’ ... Uncertainty has it’s virtues … Or does it? ... Stephen Estcourt QC* reviews Leigh Sales’ essay On Doubt ... more |
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Department of Gripes
June 12,
2009 |
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| Unburdening | |
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More unfortunate tales of life in the big city … We feel your pain … Nothing to do at TressCox ... more |
| Bar Talk June 9, 2009 | |
| The protocols of barristering | |
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VicBar has been working out how to massage the message … In NSW barristers chew the fat on the imperfect silk selection system ... more |
| Theodora June 4, 2009 | |
| Goings On ... | |
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Law Society’s birthday boy … Renovations in the Street of Broken Dreams … Solicitor General’s dark ale … Fast and furious judgment from on High … Silk selection in Tassie ... more |