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      Corruption investigation launched into the Cossack and his relationship with the Planet
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      Grace Tame Foundation ... Half the donations paid out in legal fees to Marque Lawyers, whose managing partner sits on the foundation's board ... A matter of non-disclosure
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      US law firms in London splashing obscene amounts of money on new hires
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      Justice Lee on costs in Lehrmann v Network Ten ... "There are no real winners in this litigation" ...
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      Lunch with Stephen Breyer ... Pragmatism and textualism at the US Supreme Court ... The disaster of overturning Roe v Wade
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Dark and Stormy times in the US of A ... The MAGA Supreme Court ... Conservative judges flirt with absolute presidential immunity ... A reconfigured Constitution ... Trump's intimidation of witnesses and jurors in NY election fraud case ... Jury deadlocked in Abu Ghraib torture case ... Roger Fitch's Letter from Washington ... Read more ... 

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Maintaining legal actions ... Maintenance and champerty ... The Lehrmann mess ... From Geoffrey Gibson, Melbourne barrister (retd.) ... 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 ... 

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Spokesman for Kerry Stokes explaining the reason for doubling the price of printing the Financial Review on Seven West presses in Perth ... Read more flatulence ... 

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Did Justice Lee get it wrong? ... More on the omnishambles ... Natural and ordinary meaning of the word "rape" ... Disappearance of the ordinary reasonable reader/viewer ... Graham Hryce comments on arguable appeal points ... 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 ... 

 

 

Monday
Dec102018

Dizzo World

• DateMonday, December 10, 2018

Inconvenient early plea adjournments ... Dizzo defends its patch ... Judges will switch-off repetitive briefs ... Commercial cases rescued by retrospective legislation ... Fresh new judges, but the bar wants the court to be reviewed ... Walama Court goes wanting 

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Monday
Dec102018

Rethinking the delivery of law

• DateMonday, December 10, 2018

Justice Project largely overlooked by the media ... A legal system in need of change at every level ... LCA report urges a "holistic", multi-disciplinary approach ... Identifying potential legal problems before they take hold ... Justice Impact Tests ... Peach Melba on the case 

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Friday
Dec072018

You feeling safe now, punk?

• DateFriday, December 7, 2018

Decrypring the encryptions ... Christmas spree of paedophiles and terrorists thwarted (not quite) ... Requests and notices ... Anti-corruption commissions removed from the scheme ... New legislation back for further tweaking in the New Year ... Oversight missing in inaction ... International ramifications ... Janek Drevikovsky reports 

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Thursday
Dec062018

Letter from the Court of St James's

• DateThursday, December 6, 2018

Update from Australia House ... HE George Brandis sends Christmas greetings from The Strand ... Marvellous party ... 100th birthday for Australia House ... Bronze bust to be commissioned of HE ... London Diary ... And more 

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Tuesday
Dec042018

Up the back of the court

• DateTuesday, December 4, 2018

Missing the crucial second step on the apprehended bias test ... Recusal application dismissed ... Brief thought judge was looking after the other side ... The judge found no such thing ... Janek Drevikovsky reports 

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Friday
Nov302018

Theodora reports

• DateFriday, November 30, 2018

Vale Clockface Gunson ... Heavy duty functions organiser at the SA Bar ... ALRC moves to Brisneyland ... Game on for family court restructure ... Hungry Yarraside silks ... Federal Court footnote 

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Tuesday
Nov272018

Duckling with sweet green peas

• DateTuesday, November 27, 2018

The Alstons - Richard and Philip ... Human Rights Alston and Nasty Party Alston ... How do families breed them? ... Poverty and wealth distribution in the West ... Government policies create society's permanent sub-class ... And Jolly John Kerr's letters to the Palace ... Procrustes on the King's Two Bodies 

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Monday
Nov192018

Oh, Geoffrey

• DateMonday, November 19, 2018

Rushing About Part One ... First in the trilogy ... Geoffrey Rush v Daily Telegraph ... Clash of cultures ... What it means for reputation and free speech ... The pandemic of "inappropriate touching" ... The Telegraph story and the meanings extracted by Rush lawyers ... The case for the newspaper 

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Monday
Nov192018

Oh, sweetheart

• DateMonday, November 19, 2018

Rushing About Part Two ... Geoffrey Rush v Daily Telegraph ... The trial ... The touch ... The theatre of reputation ... Which breast? ... Lies and "disgusting lies" ... Complainant, a brave and impressive witness in the face of "florid and extravagant" cross-examination ... A telling email about reputation ... Scrumptious and Yummy  

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