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 ...
Back in the ring ... Rape on the minister’s couch … Cover-up … Of course, there was a cover-up … Bettina Arndt and the Institute for the Presumption of Bruce Lehrmann’s Innocence … Linda Reynolds needs sympathy and money … Justice Lee’s loose crumbs ... Read on ...
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 ...
Omnishambles collectables ... Michael Lee merchandise ... Mugs, wall art, pillows and tapestry ... More >>
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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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 ...
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 ...
Hellfire Club • Monday, October 29, 2018 VicAppeals speaks ... Solicitor wrote letters to a magistrate while case was on foot ... Failure to notify the other side ... Professional misconduct ... Lengthy career as a lawyer ... Clear contravention of professional rules ... Lack of insight ... Whacked with a wet lettuce leaf ... Louise Hall reports
Procrustes • Tuesday, October 23, 2018 US arms sales to the Saudis get in the way of digging too deeply into the death of Jamal Khashoggi ... A journalist fighting a man with a bone-saw ... Something unfortunate is bound to happen ... The Trump Doctrine on international disorder ... Jolly John Kerr's correspondence with The Queen ... Back in court on November 28 ... Procrustes roams the waterfront
City Desk • Friday, October 19, 2018 Fledgling commercial law newswire hits the inboxes ... Former editors of Law360 in the US set-up shop in Melbourne ... Rough end to the New York experience amid staff decision to unionise over allegations of "mercurial management style " and crushing workloads ... Decision to let Lawyerly "speak for itself"
Roger Fitch Esq • Thursday, October 11, 2018 The US Supreme Court has been bought ... Long campaign to stack the court with judges favourable to corporate interests ... Huge lobbying and spending to secure Kavanaugh's confirmation ... Guns, God and presidential power ... The mid-terms and intensified voter purging ... From Our Man in Washington, Roger Fitch
Polly Peck • Monday, October 8, 2018 Police and their terrorism powers - not much to report ... Inspector Bruce looks at the Top End's secret corruption ... Discriminating amendments ... The bench gets slow backup for "historic" sentencing reforms ... Standoff over appointment to the Children's Court ... Polly Peck reports from Macquarie Street
Encryption legislation is "fatally flawed"
The government's proposed law to unscramble encrypted communications ... Threats to citizens and to journalism ... Confidential sources placed at greater risk of exposure ... A new invasion of privacy amid an abundance of government intrusions ... Cybersecurity threatened ... Criticism from UN privacy rapporteur ... Nick Bonyhady reports
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