Celebratory High Court cake creates a stir

Architects claim their copyright infringed by cake baked in the shape of the High Court ... Associate to Whitlam J (as he then was) created the cake and Federal Court judges helped consume it ... Implied freedom of political communication ... Remembering the great High Court cake copyright wheeze ... Correspondence between the parties 

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Marsden's nodes

Madge Marsden's 13 malignant nodes, all with names ... Victoria's silk vacuum ... Freehills in massive brawl over peat ... From Justinian's archive, November 2003 

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Springing Pauline from the nick

Electoral fraud ... Forget the dishonest intent, see how the lunge for contract law saved Pauline ... Qld Court of Appeal missed the golden opportunity to finish Pauline Hanson's One Nation for good ... Instead, unpersuasive reasoning saved her and saddled the country with more poisonous nonsense ... Thanks Daphnis ... From Justinian's archive ...  November 18, 2003 

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The sad story of John and Mary

Unwinding Gus Cummins’ 1987 wholesale transfer of assets sees a $1.6 million haul for the trustee of the former silk's bankrupt estate ... JC, QC, AJC ... Failure to lodge tax returns for 40 years ... From Justinian's archive, October 1, 2003  

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Roadmap to better intercourse

An all dancing, all singing judiciary, media savvy and bristling to be interviewed ... Judges cook-up bold plans to be nice to journalists ... What happened? ... Deja Vu ... From Justinian in 2003

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Lofty thoughts from the Dyse man

Honi Soir Qui Mal Y Pense ... Dyson Heydon on "taste", being "Australian", and the "mood" of the nation ... Transcript of Lady Di Fingleton trial reveals she is a bossy boots ... Freehills wanting its client to correct and withdraw ... Lodging tax returns is a matter of "integrity" ... Timely tax compliance by NSW barristers climbs from 56 to 97 percent ... From Justinian's archive, September 8, 2003 

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Peasants and the monarchy

David Flint's correspondence hacked ... Kirbs keeps his money to himself ... More media grumps to NSW Court of Appeal ... Federal Court judges go feral over ALJ assault ... Hulls tearing at the exquisite finery of the law ... High Court travel "splurge" ... From Justinian's archive, June 5, 2003 

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The luck of the Irish

Horrible lawyer stories from Yarraside ... A case of feuding partners ... More heat than light ... Costs of fight far outweigh amount in dispute ... From Justinian's treasure-trove of stories, May 15, 2003 

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Pencast Fratelli

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Famous artist derided by tired silk

Silken art critic floored ... Restraint of Dr Scutt fades ... BYO at The Tasmanian Club ... Entire family escapes public hanging 

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Triumph in the tropics

Stuart (Keys) Littlemore's adventures in PNG ... You are a conman ... No, you are a conman ... Parliamentary privilege at stake ... Gripping cross-examination at commission of inquiry ... From Justinian's archive, April 2003

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Tubby's in the firing line

It's a wheeze on the High Court ... Bon mots fly thick and fast from droll judicial wags ... Well, there were two in two days ... From Justinian's archive of transcribed morsels 

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Heydon, Albrechtsen and Meagher

Albrechting ... Journalists believed Janet Albrechtsen would be an associate to Dyson Heydon on High ... Sadly, not so ... More arch remarks from the authors of Meagher, Gummow & Lehane’s Equity Doctrines & Remedies (4th edition) 

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Unbuttoning the Dyce Man

Strange tales from the world of Dyce Heydon ... At the time of his swearing-in as a judge of the High Court speculation swirled that warrior princess Janet Albrechtsen would be Heydon J's associate ... Application of the verb to albrecht ... Bitchy attacks in 4th ed of Equity Doctrines & Remedies ... From Justinian's Deja Vu file

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The basic freedom to fornicate

Vic Court of Appeal incandescent at Justice Nathan’s louche views on huntin’, shootin’, ‘n’ fishin’

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Stuart gets scratchy

Sydney and the world have been agog and uplifted with the story of Stuart Meredith Littlemore giving his neighbour's car a nasty scratch with a key ... From Justinian's archive December 2002

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Slater & Gordon's tropical nightmare

Risky litigation ... Slater & Gordon acts for Solomon Island landowners in treacherous case against Ross Mining ... Firm later "regrets ever having become involved in the proceedings" ... Earlier adventures of Nick Styant-Browne ... Champerty and maintenance ... From Justinian's archive, September 2002 

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L.C. Gruzman, I. Temby & Teddy Kennedy

From the Rewind Office … Justinian’s hard copy archive coughs-up snippets from 1988 … Laurence Gruzman’s fear of AIDS infected Qantas stewards … Ian Temby’s fearlessness … And the Australian Legal Convention – a bridge too far for Teddy Kennedy

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Judge bounces lawyer tax scheme fight

From Justinian's hard copy era ... When tax schemes were in your face ... And Andrew Rogers ruled the NSW Supreme Court commercial division with an iron fist in a titanium glove 

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Gruzman never too sick

Father and son team ... Gruzman snr cleared by stipes of threat to withdraw from case over insult to his son and junior ... Heinous accusation of barrister attending client's premises without instructing solicitor ... Row over fees

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