Judicial shockers ... Latest from the trouble prone Queensland branch of the Federales ... Administrative law upsets ... Sandy Street overturned ... On the level in Canberra ... Missing aged care accountant ... Law shop managing director skewered ... Ginger Snatch reports from courtrooms around the nation ... Read more >>
Polly gets a cracker ... The Parrot falls from his bully pulpit … Performances … The end of the Wharf Revue … Bruce McClintock on stage at The Onion Club … Freaks on the loose in Washington ... Read on ...
It's Hitlerish ... Reelection of a charlatan ... Republicans take popular vote for the first time in 20 years ... Amnesia ... Trashing a democracy ... Trump and his team of troubled men ... Mainstream media wilts in the eye of the storm ... Depravity, greed and revenge are the new normal ... Roger Fitch files from Washington ... Read more >>
The life, loves, triumphs and disappointments of Frosty Tom Hughes ... 1923-2024 ... More >>
A trial for France ... French teacher beheaded after showing caricatures of Mohammed to the class ... Young student's false claim ends in tragedy ... Misinformation takes off on social media ... Media storm ... Religion infiltrates public life ... Trials unfold ... Hugh Vuillier reports ... Read more >>
The great interceptor ... Rugby League ... Dennis Tutty and the try he shouldn't have scored ... Case that changed the face of professional sport ... Growth of the player associations, courtesy of the Barwick High Court ... Free kick ... Restraint of trade ... Braham Dabscheck comments ... Read more ...
Rosenblum v Foreman ... From Justinian's archive ... March 1995 ... When Rupert Rosenblum went to court over a missing house ... Memories of Carol Foreman and her backdated document ... Rocking the foundations of the admin of justice ... Read more ...
Justinian's archive
Court in the Act • Wednesday, June 5, 2013 All at sea ... Latest round in VicAppeals on the David Forster disaster ... HMAS Voyager tragedy ... Explanations about double payments of disbursements "unsatisfactory" ... "Unorthodox" rectification ... Funds from law firm property sale stay frozen ... Receivers chasing $2.72 million
Goings On ... • Friday, February 22, 2013 Breach of 13th Amendment by Sydney chambers ... Silk's beach pad sale ...Voyagering around the law ... Glee for sol-general ... Fresh old blood injected into NSW Supremes
Hellfire Club • Tuesday, October 16, 2012 Cases piling up against Voyager victims' lawyer ... Aged mariners hope the funds are not entirely exhausted ... Solicitor parries for more delay
David Forster, HMAS Voyager, Striking off Hellfire Club • Thursday, September 13, 2012 HMAS Voyager survivors waiting for their money as former solicitor lodges appeals against revocation of his ticket and extension of receivership ... More disciplinary cases in the pipeline ... Receiver looking to claw back $7.15 million from overcharged fees ... Trial timetable
David Forster, HMAS Voyager, Striking off Goings On ... • Tuesday, March 20, 2012 Former DPP disputes reduced termination payout ... Summer Palace for the Tub ... Starchy etiquette rules from the Family Court ... Women's champ joins board of LegalSuper ... Keddies connected to exciting new costs recovery business ... Supreme Court foodhall closes, forever ... Receiver sends defrocked Voyager solicitor a big fat bill
Court in the Act • Tuesday, August 2, 2011 Voyager victims ... Overcharging lawyer's fee agreement upheld ... Legal struggle with receiver and Legal Practice Board chews up $1.5 million in fees ... Receivership extended ... Appeals pending
Court in the Act • Friday, June 10, 2011 Lawyer hollows out Voyager compo awards ... Receiver's costs balloon as Vic Supremes and LSB chew-up victims' proceeds ... Tom Westbrook reports on the latest twists in the David Forster case
David Forster, HMAS Voyager