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Bennett birched by WA Bureau de Spank ... Perth big shot ... Professional misconduct ... Disclosure of privileged information ... Guardianship proceedings ... Breach of orders ... Conscious disregard of the law ... Consideration of recklessness ... Breach of Harman obligation ... Anthony Kanaan reports ... Read more ...

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Incensed ... Special laws for true believers up in smoke … Extreme unction … Cash splash for prejudice … The two-faced world of Janus Albrechtsen … Stokes, the new Murdoch … Tucker Down Under in relevance rescue mission ... Read on ... 

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Other Voices, Other Rooms ... Hack attack on barrister ... Heavy-handed Jewish lobby calling the shots ... No support from chambers ... Eerie silence from professional bodies about Gaza atrocities ... Latest cancellations ... Free speech in a spin ... From our Editorial Board ... Read more ... 

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Letter from London ... Floyd Alexander-Hunt's letter from Blighty ... Hugh Grant takes the money and leaves the box ... Last minutism ... And suprise round-up for Rwanda-bound refugees ... Read more ... 

"Throughout every step of this process, I have been surrounded by the love of my wonderful family, as well as incredibly supportive friends and colleagues. I can never thank them enough. I also want to say how grateful I am to all the generous members of the public who have approached me almost every single day to express, often through tears, their unwavering support."

Celebrity TV presenter and defamation defendant Lisa Wilkinson outside the court after Justice Lee's verdict in the Lehrmann case ... Aoril 15, 2024 ... Read more flatulence ... 


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Justinian Featurettes

Algorithmic injustices ... Criminal justice in the data age ... The lurking dangers when algorithms are used to dispense justice ... Predicting the pattern of potential offenders ... Anthony Kanaan interviews Dr Tatiana Dancy, author of Artificial Justice ... Read more ... 


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Justice Jeff Shaw's bingle ... Supreme Court judge's drink-drive experience ... Cars damaged in narrow Sydney street ... Touch driving ... Missing blood sample ... Equality before the law may not apply to judges ... Judges behind the wheel ... From Justinian's Archive ... November 4, 2004 ... Read more ... 


 

 

Sunday
Aug072022

Fees please

Medical negligence case sees extraordinary pre-trial bill ... Solicitor-client costs ... Compromised settlement before trial ... Judge asks for details ... Trustee to look carefully ... Plus news from WA on judge deciding a case on grounds that had not been pleaded ... Court in the Act 

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Friday
Aug052022

Secret Seven Go Back to Work

High Court's work rate ... Productivity drops in recent years ... Annual report ... Hefty expenditures on "workplace issues" ... Interesting items of expenditure ... From our High Court watcher Misty Malone 

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Monday
Aug012022

Too much information

Worldly Salvatore Vasta delves into the rich crevices of the English language ... Special translation confined to an appendix ... Boggo Road drama ... Insults ... Pete, Pete pumpkin eater ... Special from the FCFC 

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Friday
Jul292022

The Sandyman Cometh

Up the Street ... Bend over ... FCFC judge birched (again) by the Federal Court ... More interruptions ...Taking over the case ... Findings that were not made in submissions ... Go back start again ... Costly and inefficient process ... Judicial mentoring goes astray ... Max Shanahan reports 

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Friday
Jul292022

Desires of the flesh

Remote vs in-the-flesh hearings … Split bench of Allsop, Bell, and Ferguson CJs… Less Q & A … More flexibility … Less humanity … More efficiency … Judicial hits on YouTube … Coat of arms not just a piece of artwork …Winds of conservatism blow briskly through the legal world … Margery Ai reports 

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Thursday
Jul282022

Balkan intrigues

Miscarriage of justice ... Justice Robertson Wright, Julius Caesar expert, to examine the 1981 Croatian Six trial ... Third time lucky ... Prosecution failed to disclose conflicted role of chief crown witness ... From our Balkan affairs correspondent 

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Wednesday
Jul272022

A thing or two

NSW government goes softly-softly on anti-corruption ... AG from a crooked era nominated for chief commissioner ... South Australian magistrate loses conduct appeal ... Red wine snifters to raise funds for Queensland legal aid ... President of Vic Appeals hangs up his wig with a shot at mandatory sentencing ... Theodora reports 

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Thursday
Jul212022

Corrs blimey

Bollicking for large law shop over "independent" witness report ... Drafting assisted by lawyers ... Breach of expert witness code of conduct ... Law firm knew in advance what the findings would be ... Misleading the court ... Max Shanahan files 

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Wednesday
Jul202022

Native title - and all that baloney

State judges go sour on rights to Indigenous tucker ... Traditional laws and customs not written ... Native Title Act fails to protect customary Aboriginal hunting and fishing ... Whitey judges clueless ... Procrustes sees The Voice as the way forward on customary rights 

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