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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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Letter from London ... Weather report ... Starmer sinking ... Farage rising ... Fake law firm ... Fake cases ...  NHS employee cleans up with woke case for hurt feelings ... Floyd Alexander-Hunt files from Blighty ... Read more >> 

"Most important of all, in addition, we have the World Cup and we have the Olympics. Can you imagine [if] I missed that four years? And now look what I have. I have everything - amazing the way things work out. God did that, I believe that too." 

Donald Trump in a speech at Arlington National Cemetary, noting that he will be president for the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence ... May 26, 2025 ... Read more flatulence ... 


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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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The High Court of Queensland ... Where to now for Bookshelves Brandis? ... Banana Benders in charge ... Eleven names scratched by CJ from Sunshine silks list ... Prosecutors dominate NSW Dizzo appointments ... Farewell to Equity Queen ... What life looked like nine years ago ... From Justinian's Archive, December 2, 2016 ... Read more >> 


 

 

Friday
Jul262024

Senator sues staffer raped on her couch

Reynolds v Higgins ... Protective trust ... Implied Harman undertakings insufficient to stop plaintiff's leaks to the media ... Patsy "journalists" engaged in harassment of the defendant ... Strong defence pleadings ... NACC and Integrity Commission investigation into Sofronoff leaks ... Sandy Groper reports from Perth 

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Thursday
Jul252024

Turnover on the factory floor 

Churn at the Federal Court ... Executives move on ... Acting appointments ... AAT recruitments ... Down the garden path with CourtPath ... Jackboots uncensored ... Felicity Fume reports 

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Wednesday
Jul242024

Fresh horrors

A forgotten judgment emerges from the bottom drawer ... Fault lies elsewhere ... The ghost of Bookshelves Brandis ... Huge delay working out GST and its role in business turnover ... Federale judges birched by the Fulls and the Saloon ... Ginger Snatch reports 

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Monday
Jul222024

More fun with costs

Motor car accident ... No real challenge as to liability ... $1,699.69 in dispute for rear end repair bill ... Plaintiff ordered to pay 95% of the legal costs - currently at $150,000 ... Prize for astounding damages to costs ratio ... Anthony Kanaan reports 

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Saturday
Jul202024

Something for true believers

Things you should know about the Australian Labor Party Nick ... History ... Tensions ... Triumphs ... Splits ... Where are the working class MPs? ... Braham Dabscheck reviews Dyrenfurth & Bongiorno's A Little History Of The Australian Labor Party ... Rats in the ranks 

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Friday
Jul122024

Planet's pin-up girl

Linda Reynolds' pleadings ... Brittany Higgins' defence is yet to appear from behind the curtain ... Slow process at the WA Supremes ... High drama over a few social media posts ..."Plan" to bring down the government ... Selective reporting from the usual suspects ... Pointers to the cover-up ... Sandy Groper reports from Perth 

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Wednesday
Jul102024

Jail lingo

Prison patois ... Underworld lexicography ... Important contribution to Australian English ... Wordologists' delight ... Bruce Moore's The 1972 Parramatta Jail Glossary ... Reviewed by Linda Funnell 

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Tuesday
Jul092024

Epistle from Torrenside

Latest additions to the Federales ... Breeding ground for the Saloon ... Needham and McDonald JJ ... South Australian CJs who spurned the High ... John Bray CJ - selected poems and ornamental bird bath ... Crow Eaters ... Procrustes files  

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Friday
Jul052024

Reign of Terror

SCOTUS ... Shocker decisions from the latest term ... The Trump Docket ... Presidential immunity ... Gratuities and bribes ... Obstruction ... Admin law trashed ... Criminalising the homeless ... Espionage Act - two sides of the coin for Assange and Trump ... At last, someone convicted at Guantánamo of a real war crime ... Roger Fitch reports from Washington 

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