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My Role in Gough's Downfall ... Reporter-at-Large … Scoops that flushed out the deceit behind the Dismissal … Big anniversary chinwag in Canberra on November 11 … The combined forces of Kerr, Ellicott and cousin Garfield … Constitutional manipulation … Maurice Byers to the rescue ... Read more >> 

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      Boffins from the Centre for Public Integrity say the FOI Bill is a regressive restriction on government accountability
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      Blood out of stone ... Ruthless Linda Reynolds dragging David Sharaz into bankruptcy
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      October 7 can and should be remembered by Israelis and by Palestinians as marking the commencement of the genocide ... Greg Barns SC
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      The US Solicitor General ... Trump's man at the Supreme Court has an impressive success rate
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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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 Pay packets for top brass at the Federal Courts ... A stonking $5 million all up ... See more >> 

Justinian's Bloggers

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
Mar092023

Your green slip is showing

• DateThursday, March 9, 2023

Third Party in strife ... Mile long delays for medical assessments ... NSW judicial officer fires back with lengthy screed ... Improper process ... Parliamentary committee spanks judge ... Failure to recuse ... Theodora reports 

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Wednesday
Mar082023

Unclean Bill of Health

, • DateWednesday, March 8, 2023

Victoria's plan for centralised health records ... Compulsory opt-in ... No opt-out ... Human rights and privacy concerns ... Potential leakage of sensitive personal details ... Digital records of the unhealthy ... Hugh Vuillier reports from Yarraside 

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Tuesday
Mar072023

Red Sea tempest

• DateTuesday, March 7, 2023

Legal eruptions in Israel ... Spurious justification for usurping the authority of the Supreme Court ... Judicial review rendered useless ... Bibi's "home free" card ... Neutering the constitution ... New mechanism for politicised judicial appointments ... Black Robes on the barricades ... Max Shanahan reports  

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Tuesday
Feb282023

The morning after

• DateTuesday, February 28, 2023

The trickle down judiciary ... Novel legal theories the order of the day ... No precedents required ... Trump's debauchery of the courts is coming home to roost ... Forum shopping for "Trump judges" ... Gilead fermenting ... High noon for the Murdochs ... DeSantis' torture taint ... Roger Fitch's Letter from Washington 

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Friday
Feb242023

Delays, fees and rubbish removal

, • DateFriday, February 24, 2023

Another two year judgment delay from WA's Hill J ... Claims of clarity and recollection need reworking ... Rebooting the AAT ... Barrister champing at the bit for his (reduced) fees ... Theodora's Goings On 

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Thursday
Feb232023

Land, lots of land under starry skies above

• DateThursday, February 23, 2023

HWL Ebsworth found to be negligent in arrangements for massive land deal in western Sydney ... Quantum of damages yet to be determined ... Loss of opportunity to develop the land ... Failure to amend joint venture agreement in accordance with plaintiffs' instructions ... Don't fence me in 

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Tuesday
Feb212023

UN locked out of prison

• DateTuesday, February 21, 2023

United Nations human rights brigade pulls the plug on Australian prison inspections ... NSW's law 'n' order agenda threatened by Convention Against Torture ... Obstructions ... Commonwealth-State funding dispute ... Max Shanahan reports on the latest embarrassment 

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Tuesday
Feb212023

African Moot

• DateTuesday, February 21, 2023

Law students in Africa ... Pan African mooting ... Intense competition ... Idealism versus ambition ... Friendships strained ... "African values" and human rights ... Documentary reviewed by Max Shanahan 

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Thursday
Feb162023

The Eagle has landed

• DateThursday, February 16, 2023

Fees please ... Barrister's billing sliced and diced as unfair and unreasonable ... Judge unhappy with thousands of pages of documents ... Associated costs blowout ... Max Shanahan reports 

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