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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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BAQ president announces real estate move from Inns of Court to accomodate expanded bar bureaucracy ... More >>   Detailed considerations >> 

 

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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 ... 


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


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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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 >> 


 

 

Tuesday
Jul022024

The election season

The case for compulsory voting ... Pity the Brits, French and Americans where politicians have to "get out the vote" ... Nathan Twibill on the advantages of the "median voter" strategy ... Vote early, vote often 

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Tuesday
Jul022024

Vic brief in trouble, again

Unsubstantiated claim of "false document and fraud" ... Barrister sent off the track ... Upheld by Vic appeals ... Immunity principle applying to costs orders ... Multiple run ins ... Anthony Kanaan reports 

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Tuesday
Jul022024

Anything goes

Solicitor changes lanes ... Warned client of possible conflict ... VicSupremes says "go ahead" ... Legal Services Commissioner on standby ... Plus ... Plundering clients' estates for personal expenses ... More than $2 million AWOL from Wollongong law shop ... Derolling after time served ... Anthony Kanaan reports 

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Friday
Jun282024

Judicial shockers

The justice business ... Appeal admonitions ... Sore bottoms for those lower down the chain of command ... Nationwide lapses ... Perfection proves elusive ... Latest from Ginger Snatch 

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Thursday
Jun272024

Gently does it

New entrants for the Golden Snail ... Reserved judgments ... Latest tally for slothful delivery ... From three years to 13 months ... Well outside the acceptable timeframe ... Ginger Snatch reports 

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Tuesday
Jun252024

Costs calamity

Family provisions ... NSW CA ... Client underwater ... Awarded an extra $220,000 from mother's estate with costs of over $403,000 ... Law firm's unsuccessful challenge to costs assessment, panel review and District Court decision ... Everyone goes home in tears ... Anthony Kanaan reports 

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Monday
Jun172024

It's too late for the thylacine

Procrustes closely analyses recent Justinian reports ... The Ippster and Stella Liebeck ... Tort law reform that went beyond the Pale ... In Tassie, no one is allowed to speak for the forests ... Standing up against State rule of the trees ... Where's Syd Shea when you need him? 

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Thursday
Jun132024

Investigative journalism

Feature ... A journalist's connection with the Plutus fraud ... A patsy or a willing participant in blackmail ... Dark arts ... The outer edges of journalism ... Criminal costs application rejected ... Inferences from the AFP intercepts ... From our Ringside Reporter 

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Tuesday
Jun112024

Blow delivered to Lonewolf magistrate

Quick contempt trigger in Launceston court ... Procedural unfairness with a helping of apprehended bias ... Memories of Judge Sal ... Courtside at The Map ... Errol Quoll reporting 

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