Can I Kiss You?
Drama • Tuesday, September 15, 2020 A scholar specialising in comedies from the Restoration and post-Restoration period has unearthed a hitherto unpublished work by a little-known writer of the period, Lady Georgina Brandis ... The title, "Can I Kiss You?" is drawn from indiscreet goings on in the royal court at the time ... Any resemblance to recent events, or persons living or dead, is purely coincidental
Up-to-date with Dyson
Judges • Friday, September 11, 2020 The Dyson Heydon allegations produced a torrent of new policies governing behaviour and manners ... Hands off ... Safer workplaces ... No complaints to the wallopers ... No fresh High Court investigations ... Pathways for survivors ... Help with the drinks ... Still a hot lunch at The Australian Club ... Janek Drevikovsky reports
Sonja Stewart
On The Couch • Thursday, September 10, 2020 Meet the new CEO of the Law Society of NSW ... The first woman and the first Indigenous Australian to run the largest legal profession organisation in the country ... Long experience in public service and management ... Critical time for lawyers ... Constitutional change ... Uluru Statement from the Heart ... Family, Tim Tams, and a better Constitution ... Sonja Stewart is on Justinian's Couch
Sovereign lawyer
Around the Firms • Wednesday, September 9, 2020 Law Society's puts anti-lockdown lawyer on notice ... Conduct rules in play ... Bring it on ... Swollen crowdfunded war chest ... Anti-Vac ... Threats and tirades ... Calling on the AFP to prosecute the Premier of Victoria for "treason" ... "Nuremberg law" ... Alan Zheng reports on the cult of celebrity
Reelecting the thief-in-chief
Roger Fitch Esq • Tuesday, September 8, 2020 US elections ... Republican plots to steal the outcome ... Supreme Court in the wings ... Declaration of an election "emergency" ... Prospects of state and federal criminal indictments ... Fictions at the Republican National Convention ... Long-term Washington hand Roger Fitch reports
Move over Sal
Judges • Friday, September 4, 2020 Parenting case before Judge Guy Andrew of the Circus Court ... Brute on the bench ... Is mentoring all there is? ... Horrifying transcript ... How did this abusive creature end up as a judge? ... A fortiori ... Federal judicial commission absent without leave ... Associate of judges Ginger Snatch reports
Justice Judith Kelly
On The Couch • Thursday, September 3, 2020 President of the Judicial Conference of Australia speaks about the burning issues for the judiciary ... Attacks on judges ... Judicial selection ... The work of the JCA ... Her frustrations as a judge ... The benefits of a bar fridge on the back verandah ... Curried eggs on toast ... Justice Judith Kelly from the Northern Territory Supreme Court is on Justinian's Couch
Police wear the political pants
Procrustes • Wednesday, September 2, 2020 The militarisation of police ... Police have become too strong for politicians to handle ... Hothouse atmosphere ... Death and shootings in Minneapolis and Kenosha ... Malarkey in Western Australia ... Police unions stand by their shooters and chokers ... Citizens whinging when the town burns down ... Procrustes on what happens when citizens turn a blind eye to excess