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Knit one, purl one ... Iron Lady of legal rectitude endorses Gageler ... The chief justice wants judges on the straight and narrow ... The cardboard cutout model of legislative supremacy ... The evils of judicial activism ... Procrustes on the dance floor with the Legislative-Judicial Foxtrot ... Read more >> 

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Berlusconi's dream world ... Revenge politics in Italy ... Independence of prosecutors under attack ... Constitutional assault ... The years of lead ... Investigations reopened into old murders ... High drama at Milan's Leoncavallo ... Rome correspondent Silvana Olivetti reports ... Read more >> 

"If we’re only picking people who have got completely lily-white records then we’ll be missing out on a lot of people that can contribute to public life." 

NSW Premier Chris Minns, endorsing Mal Lanyon, his pick for Police Commissioner, whose contributions to public life include shouting drunken obscenities at a paramedic who came to his aid, and commandeering a police launch for private entertainment on New Year's eve ... 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 ... Intriguing submissions ... Unprecedented assistance to morals monitor ... The scale of the sub-rosa intrigue ... Plenty to think about ... Ginger Snatch reports ... Read more >> 

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News Desk Special ... Angelic death notices from the bar ... Soapy slips on FOI changes ... Unusual interlocutory costs order for Chris Dale ... Judge ticks off Abbott in letters' page ... Knock About's festive salute to the coppers ... January 19, 2015 ... Read more >> 

 

 

Thursday
Sep272018

A tribute to Homer Simpson

• DateThursday, September 27, 2018

Homer mysteriously appears in consent orders ... A long way from Springfield ... Country solicitor turns on client with complaint to judge, asking for a reconsideration of the orders granted ... Client's interest ... Confidentiality ... Nick Bonyhady reports 

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Tuesday
Sep252018

Depression dispatches

• DateTuesday, September 25, 2018

Solicitors losing their grip ... Mental health and legal practice ... No adequate explanations offered to the stipes ... Judges under siege ... Where mental health prevents a lawyer dealing with professional complaints ... Ticket suspended ... Jennifer Cooke reports from the Bureau de Spank 

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Monday
Sep242018

When only the victim speaks the truth

• DateMonday, September 24, 2018

Book review ... A story of childhood sexual assault ... Where the complainant is distressed that the accused's evidence questioned her version of events ... Joanna Jenkins defends natural justice in the face of a victim's anger ... Job of the judge to present both cases to the jury ... Sentencing juvenile offenders 

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Monday
Sep242018

Judicial speedster too heavy on the accelerator

• DateMonday, September 24, 2018

UPDATE ... Full Federal Court bounces another decision from Sandy Street in the Federal Circuit Court ... Conduct of the hearing "fell short of what was desirable" ... Unfairness generated by the court ... Inadequate reasons in another review heard by Street required the full court to rehear the application ... Nick Bonyhady reports  

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Friday
Sep142018

Herogram for a CLC

• DateFriday, September 14, 2018

Inner Melbourne Community Legal's first 40 years ... Started by big-wigs for disadvantaged citizens ... Health-Justice partnerships ... Legal-Social partnerships ... Addressing underlying contributors ... Identifying patterns in legal issues... Peach Melba on a vibrant social-justice model 

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Tuesday
Sep112018

News from the font of misfeasance

• DateTuesday, September 11, 2018

ICAC chalks-up another win ... Corrupt businessman's notice to produce sent packing ... Seeking documents related to findings about property deals at The Rocks ... Journalist's campaign against ICAC founders ... Bizarre straddle on UN meddling in our precious sovereignty ... Nick Bonyhady reports 

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Tuesday
Sep112018

Lend me your ears

• DateTuesday, September 11, 2018

Striking off ... Workers comp solicitor bites the dust over bogus legal aid claim ... Claim for hearing aids that were never part of the compensation consent orders made by the WCC ... Defenestrated solicitor still plying the trade in court ... Secretary knows nothing ... Jennifer Cooke reports from NCAT 

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Monday
Sep102018

Hedge funds

• DateMonday, September 10, 2018

When is money trust money? ... When it belongs to someone else ... It's easy to get muddled ... Brothers-in-law ... Jennifer Cooke reports from NCAT on wrangling the payment of disbursements 

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Sunday
Sep092018

Do nothing!

• DateSunday, September 9, 2018

Sydney Law School's retiring dean Joellen Riley sits down and talks to Nick Bonyhady ... Academic pay and conditions ... In the industrial relations trenches ... Faculty shortcomings ... Alarming exams ... A sense of the ridiculous 

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