Holding onto Hope: Gina Rinehart's Bleak House ... Seeking chunks of the huge iron ore pit, Hope Downs ... Tracing the tangled Wright, Hancock, Rinehart litigation ... Allegations of fraud against the family trust ... Manouvering ... Tax "advice" ... Shifting vesting date ... Money, the root of unhappiness ... Anthony-James Kanaan reports ... Read more >>
Pastoral care ... Election free content … Cardinal sins … The Pope leaves behind the wreckage of his predatory priests … The law keeps victims in check … Litigation loopholes … Latest cases … Catholic Church’s battle to keep the money ... Read on >>
Party time for Dicey ... Heydon's book - a pathway to rehabilitation ... The predatory man and the clever intellect - all wrapped up in the one person ... Academic tome and cancel agenda ... Despite the plaudits the record of abuse doesn't vanish ... Book launch with young associates at a safe distance ... Procrustes thinks out loud ... Read more >>
Conclave Part 2: Return of the Prodigal ... Vatican fraudster returns ... And departs ... Another struck-off Cardinal re-emerges ... Blowflies in the Conclave ointment ... What can go wrong? ... Silvana Olivetti reports from Rome ... Read more >>
Letter from Rome ... Judges on strike ... Too much "reform" ... Berlusconi legacy ... Referendum on the way ... Constitutional court inflames the Meloni regime with decision on boat people ... Insults galore ... Silvana Olivetti reports ... Read more >>
Tea is for Tippy ... Life of a tiffstaff ... Bright, ambitious and, when it comes to the crucial things, hopeless ... Milking the glory of the gig ... Introducing Tippy, our new blogger filing from within the concrete cage at Queens Square ... From Justinian's Archive, March 15, 2010 ... Read more >>
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Book review • Sunday, November 5, 2023 Book review ... Killing for Country: A Family Story ... The colonial land grab ... Entitlement capitalism and the transformation of Australia in the 19th century ... The killing fields of the Native Police ... Failure of the law ... The foundations of a nation's character ... Reviewed by Braham Dabscheck
Colonial history, Indigenous affairs Obit • Friday, October 6, 2023 Paul Finn ... Former federal judge and serious academic ... 1946-2023 ... Equitable duties and good government ... The outsider who should have gone to the High Court ... Lunching connections ... The history of crony capitalism ... From the Obituaries Editor
Wendler on Wine • Tuesday, September 12, 2023 Wine thievery is all the rage ... Expensive bottles lifted from their rightful owners ... Product that is easily on-sold or fenced ... Top end drops now snugly located in Sydney's legal district, under lock n' key ... Justinian's wine reporter Gabriel Wendler is on the case
On the Couch • Tuesday, August 1, 2023 A writer on fire ... New plays, TV series, films and a novel ... The lawyer turned playwright ... The importance of Prima Facie ... Sexual assault trials ... Violence in the prison system ... The sport of arguing ... On the Couch with Suzie Miller
Suzie Miller Obit • Wednesday, July 19, 2023 Peter Lyons RIP ... Leverhulme's trackside send-off ... "Advokkacy forever" ... York as Shangri La ... Racehorses ... Training lawyers ... Poetry ... A huge fan club at the parade ring ... Funeral notes from Simon (Capability) Brown KC
Critics' Corner • Monday, July 17, 2023 Big Law ... Murder, money and misogyny ... Dealing with an unspeakable client ... Too much testosterone ... Crime thriller from Joanna Jenkins - someone who knows where the bodies are buried ... Book review from Anna Kretowicz
On the Couch • Wednesday, July 5, 2023 Melbourne lawyer Leon Zwier On The Couch ... Honouring the legacy of a former partner ... The hour of need - assisting Brittany Higgins and Eryn Jean Norvill ... The misuse of documents obtained coercively in litigation ... Grudges ... Racism ... Plaited loaves
Leon Zwier Sports Desk • Wednesday, July 5, 2023 Cricket and constitutional government ... The jurisprudence of dead balls ... Jurisdiction ... Lawn bowls c.f. cricket ... Ethical consistency ... Democratic inclinations ... Bazball ... Cricketing aesthetics ... From Our Cricketing Correspondent Wallace Grout
Obit • Friday, June 9, 2023 Leverhulme RIP ... UK-based correspondent for Justinian dies unexpectedly ... Wonderful writer, a creative teacher, skilled advocate, scholar and friend ... Tribute to Peter Lyons ... By Richard Ackland
Peter Lyons Miss Lumière • Sunday, May 28, 2023 Cold case opened - then shut ... Young Aboriginal girl goes missing from a bleak outback town ... Police indifference and brutality ... Miss Lumière reviews Ivan Sen's masterful new film Limbo
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