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Unread emails ... Family law barrister in Adelaide neglects to attend to emails ... Reminders to renew her ticket studiously ignored ... Unravelling chaos ... Trials invalidated ... Liability of Law Society and Conduct Commissioner ... Breach of statutory requirement ... Damages ... From our Team on the Torrens ... Read more >> 

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An Australian Abroad ... An essay with pictures … Egypt and the Grand Museum … No end to the antiquities … Down the Nile on a dahabiya … Tombs and temples … Paris and industrial-scale tourism … The Yarts & Kulture ... Read on >> 

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Annihilation of the now ...Trump's campaign of destruction ... Fake emergencies ... Pointless and farcical executive orders ... Gangsterism ... Looting ... Corruption ... Shakedowns ... White rage ... Christian nationalism ... Roger Fitch unloads ... Read more >> 

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"Habeas Corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country."

Kristi Noem, Secretary Department of Homeland Security, giving the US Senate her understanding of the meaning of Habeas Corpus ... May 21, 2025 ... Read more flatulence ... 


Justinian Featurettes

Zeilgeist litigation ... Matt Collins KC on live-streaming of high-profile trials ... Social media nightmare ... Abuse of barristers ... Chilling emails ... Trials as a form of public entertainment ... Courts sleepwalking into a dangerous zone ... Framework needed to balance competing interests ... Paper delivered to Australian Lawyers Alliance Conference ... Read more >> 


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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 >> 


 

 

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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.  


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Entries in High Court (3)

Friday
Jul162021

Gideon Haigh

A new book on H.V Evatt, the lawyer, judge and politician, from author and journalist Gideon Haigh ... Exploration of Evatt's dissent in the great nervous shock case Chester v Council of the Waverley Municipality ... What on earth were the other High Court judges thinking? ... Great turning points in law, politics and history ... With some fine attitudes we find Gideon Haigh on Justinian's Couch 

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Friday
Feb282020

David Jackson QC

On The Couch with Jacko ... Failure to sing God Save the King ... Winning cases that should be won ... The role of money ... Military inclinations ... Changing role of the High Court ... Wither the bar? ... And more 

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Monday
Mar132017

Another week

March 7 to March 13 ... NT protective custody powers survive High Court challenge ... Competition watchdog targets Audi greenwashing ... Amber's legal bills ... ATO out-of-court settlements remain shadowy ... Expert witness' "inadvertent omission" ... Misogynist Christmas revellers ... Week@TheKnees compiled by Sohini Mahta 

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