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Act of gracelessness ... Kathleen Folbigg's miserable ex gratia payout ... Comparable awards in other miscarriage cases ... Weasel words from the NSW Premier ... Need for a proper system of compensation assessment ... Procrustes in a lather ... Read more >> 

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Costs blowouts ... Lehrmann wants $100,000 from Corruption Concealment Commission - The Australian >> ... Brittany Higgins ordered to pay 80% of Linda Reynolds' defamation costs which are in excess of $1 million - ABC >> ... Kerry Stokes required to pay $13.5 million for Nine's legal costs in the Ben Roberts-Smith case - AFR >>

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Postcard from London ... Summertime - And the living' is easy ... Votes for 16-year olds ... Paralegal's theft by pen ... Spy helping British intelligence from his job at Border Force ... Super-injunction comes out of the shadows ... Feed them strawberries and cream ... Floyd Alexander-Hunt files from Blighty ... Read more >> 

"Where are the glossy magazine spreads traversing what Reynolds and Brown went through? Where is the march for justice in support of these two brave women? Where is the apology from Gallagher and Wong? Where is the inquiry into the $2.4m of taxpayer money we now know was paid by the Department of Finance on the basis of false statements?"

Linda Reynolds is the victim here, not Brittany Higgins who was raped on Reynold's ministerial couch ... From Janet Albrechtsen, leader of the Reynolds' cheer squad ... The Australian, August 29, 2025 ... Read more flatulence ... 


Justinian Featurettes

News from the Defamatorium ... End of the golden era ... Reputational warriors rack up huge bills ... Unhappy outcomes ... Costs eat the damages ... Al Muderis, Reynolds, Lehrmann ... Statutory tort of privacy to the rescue ... Finding holes in the media exemption dyke ... O.F. Wilde reports ... Read more >> 

Justinian's archive

The Tamil Times ... The corruption wars ... Blitzkrieg from The Australian's legal affairs man ... Campaigns to sink ICAC and 18C ... Battles lost in the trenches ... Where are they now? ... Extravagant fulminations ... From Justinian's Archive, April 8, 2017 ... Read more >> 


 

 

Justinian featurettes

There's another world beyond law and lawyering ... and here you can find it: reviews, wine notes, interviews, and unpacking the human condition.  

Critics' Corner: reviews of books, films and TV by Worm, I. Box and Miss Lumière.
Déjà Vu: marvellous slices of history from Justinian's bulging archive.
I Once Met ... Prominent and unusual people encourtered by our readers and contributors. 
JustyFlix: our film crew covers the most glittering events on the calendar. 
On the Couch: where notable notables bear their souls. 
Wendler on Wine: spectacular wine reviews, gargling and spitting from barrister Gabriel Wendler.  


All our featurettes have escaped from inside the paywall.  

 


Entries by Justinian (275)

Wednesday
Aug242011

Wine from the Garden of Eden

Justinian wine reviewer Gabriel Wendler managed to secure seven bottles from the Eden Valley in South Australia - riesling and shiraz ... Tasting with Cameron Jackson ... Geography, history and viticulture ... Splendid triumph of vin de garage 

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Friday
Aug122011

Crime de filme - the no thrills thriller

Miss Lumière takes us to Crime D'Amour ... Ruthless corporate women out for the kill ... French justice system tricked ... Où pour le cinéma français? 

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Monday
Aug012011

Mark Robinson

Sydney barrister Mark Robinson, fresh from important triumphs in the High and full Federal Courts, flops onto our couch, shuts his eyes, and tells all ... There's more to this administrative lawyer than administrative law ... The stuffed zucchini side of his nature is soon apparent 

 

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Monday
Aug012011

Farr and wide

Wine reviewer Gabriel Wendler traces the history of the grape in Geelong ... The rise and rise of Gary Farr ... Justinian's wine evaluation panel put their experienced barristerial noses into Farr's Chardonnay and Shiraz from 2007 & 2008 

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Tuesday
Jul122011

The dream of life

The Tree of Life carried off the Palme d'Or at Cannes ... A momentous and portentious film ... Brad Pitt is wonderful as the complex, conflicted family man in search of the American dream ... Miss Lumière seems to like it (apart from a bit of Christian tub-thumping) 

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Monday
Jul042011

Decadence: a dish best served cold

Out of the dark comes Miss Lumière - Justinian's new film critic ... Her debut review is of Julia Leigh's directorial debut, Sleeping Beauty ... Reimagining the boardroom lunch 

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Friday
Apr082011

A.J. Brown

What happens to a person who spends seven years immersed in the life of Michael Kirby? ... Professor A.J. Brown is the author of Michael Kirby: Paradoxes & Principles ... He's on Justinian's couch trying to explain himself

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Friday
Aug202010

Interview with Tom Bathurst QC

Leader of the Sydney Bar 'n' Grill, Tom Bathurst QC, on the current state of barristering.

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Friday
Jun112010

Broken law

A capacity crowd at Gleebooks for the launch of Evan Whitton’s latest critique – Our Corrupt Legal System ... Feisty moment as “useless, gutless” attendees ravaged … Cheering supporters … JustyFlix got the shakes

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Tuesday
May252010

Mark Tedeschi in Paris

Senior NSW Crown Prosecutor Mark Tedeschi’s latest photo exhibition opened earlier this month … Entrée Paris is a collection of his work shot in the City of Light … The show was opened by criminal defence lawyer Charles Waterstreet … At the time of the launch the shadow of the Des Campbell murder trial hung in the air ... A JustyFlix presentation

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