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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 >> 

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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 >> 

 

 

Wednesday
Sep212022

Round up the usual suspects

• DateWednesday, September 21, 2022

Lifting a necklace and $20 ... High risk detention swings into action ... High Court sprinkles more fairy dust on executive imprisonment ... Alarming rate of Indigenous incarceration in WA made worse ... Political populism ... Procrustes examines the "feel safe" factor 

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Tuesday
Sep202022

Justice on a war footing

• DateTuesday, September 20, 2022

The war-torn justice system in Ukraine ... Struggling to cope when courts are bombed ... Judges and staff dislocated ... Law firms shuttered ... Expansion of state powers ... War crimes ... Collaboration with occupiers ... Extraordinary circumstances ... Max Shanahan reports 

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Monday
Sep192022

Disorder and decay

• DateMonday, September 19, 2022

Trump's attempted document theft ... Missing pages from confidential files ... Trouble for former president's lawyers ... Patsy judge's flawed reasons ... State judges up for election in November ... Republicans working on the judicial stack ... From Our Man in Washington, Roger Fitch 

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Thursday
Sep152022

Flashy News

, • DateThursday, September 15, 2022

A retired judge's knotted feelings ... The fox prevails over the eagle ... Lingering discomfort ... Disclosure of sexual orientation a requirement for Pat Keane's lecture ... Constitutional mysteries unpacked on YouTube ... Theodora reports  

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Thursday
Sep152022

Bar-Bar

• DateThursday, September 15, 2022

Queensland's silk wannabes ... Rollicking dinner to venerate Her Maj ... Wigging and gowning ... Keeping the motley alive in the Solomon Islands ... Unsatisfactory conduct charge thrown out against barrister who blew the whistle on harassing judge ... Twitter tutorial for lawyers 

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Tuesday
Sep132022

Bowing to hereditary principle

• DateTuesday, September 13, 2022

Bearskins on the march ... An over-abundance of Crowns and their litigation advantages ... Prerogatives galore ... Presumed immunity from the operation of legislation ... In Ireland the Crown is capable of doing wrong ... Swearing the right sort of oath ... Procrustes vents 

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Tuesday
Sep132022

Constitutional crisis among the atolls

• DateTuesday, September 13, 2022

Throttling the judiciary in Kiribati ... Appeal decision in favour of Justice David Lambourne ... Open ended term not unconstitutional ... Judicial "coup" ... "Fraud upon the court" ... High Court judges suspended ... Role of China ... Riley Brown reports 

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Friday
Sep092022

Critics Corner

, • DateFriday, September 9, 2022

History of the Victorian bar in a nutshell ... 350 pages ... Highs and lows ... The insistence on being separate ... Great cases ... Big personalities ... Melbourne Grammar takes over from British briefs ... White bread and orthodoxy ... Hugh Vullier reviews Vic Bar 

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Wednesday
Sep072022

Khan caught behind

• DateWednesday, September 7, 2022

From cricket hero to alleged terrorist ... Imran Khan's alleged speech offences under Pakistan's Anti-Terrorism Act ... Political opponents sidelined as terrorists ... Where the judiciary plays a political function ... Hugh Vuillier reports 

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