Decency in the counterfactual
Around the Firms • Friday, December 20, 2019 Life's tough at HWL Ebsworth ... Salary partner booted by Juan when billings dropped ... No need to have a meeting of equity partners ... Benefit of incumbency vanishes ... Court of Appeal chops the damages by 72% ... Happy Christmas ... Nathan Twibill reports on round two of the Martinez and Griffiths stoush
Verdict from the prosecutor
Critics Corner • Thursday, December 19, 2019 Former judge Greg Woods reviews Frank & Fearless a memoir by former NSW DPP Nicholas Cowdery ... Policy intervention on drugs and mandatory sentencing ... Prosecutor in the Joh Bjelke-Petersen and Lionel Murphy cases ... Symmetry with Murphy's progressive views ... Salvos from the mothball fleet ... The Gordon Wood case ... Law reform
Trying to make prosecutors sexy
Profile • Thursday, December 19, 2019 Lawyer, rigger, runner, stagehand, actress and screenwriter ... Creator of Janet King ... A pitch for marriage equality ... Legal drama powered by family strife and prosecutorial tensions ... Parenting imperfectly ... Exaggerated reality ... Gudrun Willcocks catches-up with Jane Allen beachside
Assange: SCOTUS lies in wait
Court in the Act • Monday, December 16, 2019 Julian Assange's case and the US Supreme Court ... Similarities and differences with the Pentagon Papers case ... Journalist or dumper of uncurated leaks ... Nature and quality of the information published ... Is the First Amendment up to fending off the Espionage Act ... Predictions and uncertainties from Tom Manousaridis
Unaoil: threats from the bribe factory
City Desk • Friday, December 13, 2019 Full-force campaign to derail investigative work by Fairfax journalists ... Legal threats and PR spin ... The Australian signed-up to the attack - in the process looking more than usually foolish ... "Reputation" restoration based on fallacies ... International corporate bribery specialists claim to be blackmailed ... The flow of emails ... Janek Drevikovsky reports
How to ask a question
Critics Corner • Wednesday, December 11, 2019 Peter Lyons book Advocacy - A Practical Guide ... Reviewed by Paul Hardman ... Helping judges come to the right decision ... Loved by Lord Pannick ... Techniques from the leading lights ... Presentation skills ... Preparation ... From the author of the best-selling Not One Jot
Post-boom fallout
Court in the Act • Tuesday, December 10, 2019 WA barrister cannot represent his brother and their company in a fee dispute ... Potential conflict of interest ... Solicitor chasing money from counsel ... Solicitor-barrister duo the team of choice for sub-contractors on many major projects in WA during the boom times ... Sadly, now in court wresting over money ... Jenek Drevikovsky reports