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Postcard from London ... Summertime - And the living' is easy ... Votes for 16-year olds ... Paralegal's theft by pen ... Spy helping British intelligence from his job at Border Force ... Super-injunction comes out of the shadows ... Feed them strawberries and cream ... Floyd Alexander-Hunt files from Blighty ... Read more >> 

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Convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell interviewed by Trump's former lawyer Todd Blanche, now Deputy Attorney General ... July 25, 2025. Interviews released by DOJ, August 22, 2025 ... Read more flatulence ... 


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Schmoozing and Betrayal ... Judge Water Softener rides into Integrityville mounted high on his horse ... Judicial review of corruption finding ... Unprecedented assistance to morals monitor ... Plenty to think about ... Court reporter Ginger Snatch files ... Read more >> 

 

 

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The Tamil Times ... The corruption wars ... Blitzkrieg from The Australian's legal affairs man ... Campaigns to sink ICAC and 18C ... Battles lost in the trenches ... Where are they now? ... Extravagant fulminations ... From Justinian's Archive, April 8, 2017 ... Read more >> 


 

 

Thursday
Jul312025

To have and to hold

Holding judicial office ... When does it take effect? ... Letter of appointment ... Blood oath ... Upper Tribunal appointment in the Old Dart ... Former Labor politician underwater in salary gambit ... From FCA roundsman Phil Cake 

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Wednesday
Jul302025

Upstairs. Downstairs

Birchings for Circus Court judge ... Real estate drama ... Tenancy nightmare ... Adjournment application ... Need to look after elderly dogs ... Federal Court rides to the rescue. Plus ... Court weighs visa applicant's claim to be gay ... Appeal lottery ... Ginger Snatch reports courtside  

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Friday
Jul252025

Potty mouth solicitor dispatched

NSW Court of Appeal takes dim view of solicitor who laced his correspondence with disrespectful insults ... Insufficiently professional ... Arrived from Greece with only his underpants ... No contrition ... Anthony Kanaan files 

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Thursday
Jul242025

Keep the engine running

Central Asian law firm in 20 year Sydney spat with former partner ... The lost voice ... The joys of disproportionate litigation ... Prolixity ... Penny ante disputes ... Exasperation ... Bureau de Spank looms ... Plus ... Barrister in the sickbay ... Application to vacate ... Stoicism at the bar ... Wrong for respondents to expect unwell counsel to appear ... Anthony Kanaan reports 

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Friday
Jul182025

News from the Federales

Federal Court's pride and prejudice ... Perception problem with limited contract for judicial well-being induction ... Aboriginal corporation stung by Federal Court beancounters for outrageous fees in public interest native title case ... Sandy Street firing on all pistons ... From our Courtside Correspondents 

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Friday
Jul182025

Suing for defamation - it's such a good idea

Federal Court of Australia ... Sydney barrister loses bid for extension of time to bring appeal over decision allowing Giles George to intervene to seek an equitable lien over costs ... Falling out between barrister and firm after successful defamation action ... No error or procedural unfairness ... From Stephen Murray at the Gazette of Law & Journalism

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Thursday
Jul102025

Home duties

The dumping of Attorney General Mark Dreyfus ... Behind the scenes ... Bastardry among the brothers ... Unfinished business ... Family law, privacy ... Considerable policy and legislative results ... Here's Michelle Rowland as AG ... What are her priors? ... Polly Peck reports from the Gallery 

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Tuesday
Jul082025

A girl called Sue

UPDATE ... Latest round for former senator ... Reynolds v The Commonwealth and HWL Ebsworth ... Federal Court clears the path for respondents to file applications for summary judgment or to strike out the case ... Former minister upset that Mark Dreyfus was cleared by NACC ... Ongoing bitterness and grief ... From Polly Peck in Canberra 

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Tuesday
Jul082025

Dog days in the defamation court

Hourly rates for celebrity reputation repair shop ... Uplift and away ... What it costs to win ... Stand off in "shameful" case ... Commercially sensitive exhibit revealed ... Report from judges' associate Ginger Snatch 

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