Balkan intrigues ... Old coppers stagger into the Croatian Six inquiry ... 15-year jail terms in 1980 for alleged terrorism ... Miscarriage of justice under review ... Verballing ... Loading-up ... Old fashioned detective "work" ... Evidence so far ... Hamish McDonald reports ... Read more >>
Splitting heirs ... How to get rid of the Royals – a Republican tours Orstraya … Underneath their robes – sexual harassment on the bench … Credit card fees – so tricky that only economists know what to do … Muted response to Drumgold vindication … Vale Percy Allan ... Read on ...
Blue sky litigation ... Another costly Lehrmann decision ... One more spin on the never-never ... Arguable appeal discovered in the bowels of the Gazette of Law & Journalism ... Odious litigants ... Could Lee J have got it wrong on the meaning of rape? ... Calpurnia reports from the Defamatorium ... Read more >>
Kick in the backside for the Corruption Concealment Commission ... Dreyfus announces a fresh decision will be made on Robodebt referrals ... NACC responds ... Inspector Gail Furness reports ... Go back, start again ...
Online incitements ... Riots in English cities fed by online misinformation about refugees ... Policing and prosecution policies ... Fast and furious processing of offenders ... Online Safety Act grapples with new challenges ... Increased policing of speech on tech platforms ... Hugh Vuillier reports from London ... Read more >>
Vale Percy Allan AM ... Obit for friend and fellow-traveller ... Prolific writer on economics and politics ... Public finance guru ... Technocrat with humanity and broad interests ... Theatre ... Animals ... Art ... Read more ...
Judicial self-interest ... Judges still able to sue for swimming pool or kitchen remodelling payouts ... Public choice theory ... Pursuit of judicial self-interest ... Employing relatives and friends as associates ... Hearing bias applications ... Pension benefits ... Judges declare that they should be able to sue for defamation damages ... Tulkinghorn from December 16, 2013 ... Read more ...
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William Collins • Tuesday, May 29, 2012 An infestation of weasel words ... Parliamentary draftsperson falls foul of post-modern abstractions ... Where was George Orwell when the Transport Integration Act was being drafted? ... From Yarraside, William Collins opines
George Orwell, Plain English Tulkinghorn • Monday, June 13, 2011 Legal complexity and reasonable fees: can they co-exist? ... Tulkinghorn examines the notion that in order for trials to be fair, they have to be complicated ... When you hear lawyers and legislators proclaiming the virtues of plain English and simplification - don't believe them
Complexity, Plain English