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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 >> 

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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 >> 

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    • ABC Law Report
      Debra Mortimer's first public interview as CJ ... The ins and outs of live streaming and the media's access to documents
    • International Criminal Court
      Arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant ... Israel partially successful in jurisdictional appeal
    • The Age
      Melbourne barristers Perry and Squirrell pinged for homophobic note posted in Owen Dixon lifts ... Professional misconduct ... "Discreditable" behaviour
    • The New York Times
      The arms race for talent has meant that big law firms are at risk of fracturing if they defy Trump
    • Law Dork
      Trump's plan to send US citizens to prisons in El Salvador ... Raising a finger at SCOTUS
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Justinian Columnists

"Invasion" of the United States ...Trump deportations ... Detention in gulags ... How much of an enemy does an alien have to be? ... Trump judge turns the tables ... Bush's war on terror shows the way ... Forum shopping for habeas cases ... Roger Fitch files from Washington ... Read more >> 

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Justinian is taking a break during May ... Normal operations will recommence in June ... 

Justinian's Bloggers

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 >> 

"We're in unchartered territory here. A Pope hasn't died before during an Australian election campaign."  

Jane Norman, National Affairs Correspondent, ABC News ... April 21, 2025 ... Read more flatulence ... 

For the latest developments in media law … www.glj.com.au 

Justinian Featurettes

Letter from London ... Voting at Australia House ... Polling at the Vatican ... Holding down three public service jobs at once ... LibDems want to tone down the noise ... How to foul-up a cover-up ... Floyd Alexander-Hunt on the case in Blighty ... Read more >> 

Justinian's archive

Judgment of the week ... Justice Ian Harrison in the NSW Supremes dismisses apprehended bias application ... Facebook posts by judge's tipstaff ... Claim made by family values applicant that HH's associate supports gay rights ... Battle with a noted sexual equality campaigner ... Purple pride ... Jurisdictional issue ... Finding that cases are decided by judges, not their staff ... From Justinian's Archive, May 10, 2019 ...  Read more >> 

 

 

Thursday
Jul052018

The Minus wars

• DateThursday, July 5, 2018

Struggle by the Australian Bar Association to keep its name to itself ... Barrister's business used a similar name ... Attempt to make barristers' service more accessible ... Into the future ... Long and tiring litigation looks like drawing to a close ... Nick Bonyhady reports 

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Wednesday
Jul042018

Keeping the government safe

• DateWednesday, July 4, 2018

Collaery prosecution ... Whistleblowing conspiracy ... Fallout from Australia's Timor Leste bugging spree ... Woodside and Alexander Downer ... Selective prosecution policy ... Canberra's long, slow dance with duplicity 

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Thursday
Jun282018

No Silver lining 

• DateThursday, June 28, 2018

Freehills gets its fees from the failed United Petroleum float ... No breach of duties by the firm ... Financials not ready in time for the prospectus ... Letter of engagement ... Stephen Murray reports from the Yarraside Supremes 

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Thursday
Jun282018

America! America!

• DateThursday, June 28, 2018

Judicial coup d'état ... Partisan Republicans on the US Supreme Court purge the voter rolls ... Tainted appointee Neil Gorsuch does his bit ... No more swing decisions as Anthony Kennedy resigns ... Torture queen at the helm of the CIA ... The most absurd Guantánamo case ... Roger Fitch, Our man in Washington, reports 

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Friday
Jun222018

Making fun of the government

• DateFriday, June 22, 2018

The Parliament of Fools ... Anne Twomey and Benedict Coyne discuss amendments to the Criminal Code dealing with impersonating a Commonwealth body ... Prison time for those who are outside the narrow exemptions ... Boilermaker Bill gets a dose of the "chilling effect" 

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Tuesday
Jun192018

Fresh disruption

• DateTuesday, June 19, 2018

Uber disruption ... Unfairness of the Fairness Fund ... Ombudsman reports on administration of the taxi compensation scheme ... Rank problems revealed ... Economic difficulties facing owners and drivers ... Peach Melba's blog 

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Tuesday
Jun192018

Time limits on suspended tickets

• DateTuesday, June 19, 2018

NSW Law Society flat-footed over temporary suspension of solicitor ... Allegations of deficiencies, falsification and breaches ... Time's up ... Due process versus public safety ... Nick Bonyhady reports 

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Tuesday
Jun192018

Get fucked - rude letter following

• DateTuesday, June 19, 2018

Repeated calls for ferocious litigator to "step back" and take a cold shower ... History repeats itself ... Fervid correspondence ... Disproportionate amounts of time and money fighting over piddling matters ... Too much ego, too little reason ... Being impaled by Vlad the Impaler 

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Sunday
Jun172018

Information that democracy needs

• DateSunday, June 17, 2018

Bret Walker SC's Whitlam oration ... It was a dark and stormy night ... Opening the drapes to let the light flood in ... The State and secrecy ... Suggestions for ICAC ... Legal professional privilege and advice to government ... Cabinet documents and disclosure ... Too much secrecy about settlements ... Boilermaker Bill goes to Parramatta 

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