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Uncorking vintage Justinian

The ghastly events leading up to John Marsden's defamation action against Channel 7 ... Huge drama following the former president of the NSW Law Society's decision to out himself as gay ... Accusations in parliament, on television and from former employee ... Confusion about underage sex  ... From Justinian's archive ... March 1995 Read on ... 

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    Flatulence

    "Leslie used the word 'scent'. He said 'fragrance' was trade and 'perfume' was something invented by fashion. He offered similar advice for the words 'napkin' and 'flatware'. He would never refer to those items as 'serviettes' and 'cutlery'."

    Property writer Margie Blok paying tribute at the funeral of interior decorator Leslie Walford. The Sydney Morning Herald, February 21, 2012  READ MORE >>

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    Friday
    Jan212011

    Crossword Codex 3

    Justinian and Codex are pleased to announce that James Dorney, who works at the NSW Public Defender's Office, takes the prize for cracking this crossword. Bottles of Leeuwin Art Series Margaret River 2006 chardonnay and Torbreck Eden Valley "The Gask" 2006 shiraz are heading his way 

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    Wednesday
    Aug252010

    House of cards

    REVISED ... Election outcome ... Major parties bereft of ideas and inspiration ... Independents fill the void ... Will the Governor General draw constitutional inspiration from Jolly John Kerr? ... Polly Peck's special insights

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    Tuesday
    Aug032010

    Lord Eldon's family tree

    The tree of man … Ancient fight over fig tree on Eldons’ estate not over yet … Further appeals to get unimproved land value of Ascot spread reduced to almost zero … Stellar court room showing by Eldon patriarch … Sir Terence O’Rort reports

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    Friday
    Jul232010

    Of grease and tears and judges

    MasterChef and its lawyer cooks … A round or two with Dyson Heydon is excellent training for plating-up to George, Gary and Matt … Leaving the brulée off the crème would be akin to omitting the vitals of a contract … Vicki Mole blogs

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    Monday
    Jul192010

    Estcourt on Web 2

    Stephen Estcourt QC, foodie, blogger and social media fiend, reveals how Web 2 has expanded his life and work … #willingnesstohelp

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    Friday
    Jul022010

    I feel the need, the need for speed

    Pious Cant Esq in Tokyo reveals his ePersonality Disorder … Too much dopamine-squirting from internet and social media hyper-activity … Decreased empathy is the only way to survive in Big Law … Being detached and disconnected while simultaneously being plugged-in and connected

     

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    Monday
    Jun212010

    The pretenders

    Fresh crop of penguins graduate from bar practice course in Sydney … Early training to defend the untenable … Drinkers, gossipers, opiners, whippersnappers and obsessives released into the community … Our blogger Fledgling reports

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    Sunday
    Jun132010

    Land of the rising bum

    Pious Cant, trapped at Big Law in Tokyo, examines frottage brought on by the excitement of high-end economic activity … Making obscene amounts of money increases the libidinous quotient … The BBC is to blame

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    Thursday
    May132010

    It's better to self-prune than to blow away

    Life at Big Law in Japan has parallels with the chimera of the cherry blossoms … All very delicate … Awkward questions take hold in the middle of the night … You’ve arrived on Sugar Mountain, so why the thoughts of kamikaze?

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    Friday
    Apr302010

    Word games

    Lawyers can’t write properly … Some can’t talk proper … Now it’s infecting the secretaries … Vicki Mole remembers the Plain English training she got as an articled clerk … It comes in handy
    Last year, my secretary was rockin’ the Baltimore street slang, Stringer Bell stylie.

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