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Entries in Queens Counsel (9)

Sunday
Sep072014

Snakes alive

Carmody fallout ... QC time at the Cauldron ... Politburo member disappears ... Maley fallout ... NT gets inquiry into appointment of judges and magistrates ... Pro bono advice under attack 

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Tuesday
May132014

Costs snafu tangles chambers

Entire set of Sydney chambers caught by difficulty drafting a summons that complied with the rules ... Joyous Yarraside "QC" breaks out the frills and furbelows ... NSW bar says Queen's Counsel title is all about self-adornment and not in the public's interest 

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Friday
Feb212014

The avalanche to upgrade

Rush for the patent letter at Vic's Bar n Grill ... Surge of SCs with hands-up for queen's bauble ... Monarchist sympathies awakened

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Tuesday
Feb182014

Fresh horrors 

NSW QCs - attorney general Smith speaks ... Big law shop getting into the law news and reporting business ... Soapy making mischief at the Human Rights Commission 

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Thursday
Feb062014

You wouldn't read about it

Liberals and monarchists combine to push Victorian silks into QC option ... SCs dash for the bauble ... Creative destruction grabs law journalism by the throat ... Fresh judgment from Justice Roughshagger ... Bottle of bubbly cracked over the bow of P.G. Hely Chambers 

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Wednesday
May152013

Queue See

Qld gazettes arrangements for converting from senior counsel to queens' counsel ... Marketing ploy in a desperately needy climate ... Melbourne SC still pressing for the queens' counsel option while fighting off attacks on the "imponderables" of selection ... Warning: original notion of the QC had little to do with higher fees  

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Thursday
Mar072013

Queen Victoria Land

Barrister branding … War of the post-nominals … Tidal wave of support at Yarraside Bar 'n' Grill for gold plating the business … Letters Patent-Leather and the return of QCs 

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Wednesday
Jun132012

A mere trifle

Queensland QCs arm twisting republican SCs ... Too many barristerial layers ... Sacking of 'staves spreads to the Dizzo ... Judges need to sharpen their writing if they criticise wordy affidavits ... Memories of Michael Lawler on the 12th floor Wentworth-Selborne ... Law Society president's divorce driven charity drive 

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Wednesday
Jun062012

Putting the Queen back into Queensland 

Long may she reign over us ... Down with SCs ... Queens Counsel make a happy and glorious return to the Queensland Bar … Tory AG and bar hatch exciting plan to turn back the clock … Jubilee celebrations send bar boys troppo 

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