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On the defensive ... Exclusive … The zone of hurt feelings … A delicate flower on the Coalition’s macho frontbench … Linda’s Last Chance at the Wild West Saloon … Salving the pain by rehashing ancient history … Uncovering the cover-up ... Read on ...
It's too late for the thylacine ... Procrustes closely analyses recent Justinian reports ... The Ippster and Stella Liebeck ... Tort law reform that went beyond the Pale ... In Tassie, no one is allowed to speak for the forests ... Standing up against State rule of the trees ... Where's Syd Shea when you need him? ... Read more ...
Courtroom capers ... Federal Court's digital hiccups ... Principal Registrar in home run ... Pronunciation requirements for names and pre-nominate ... Elocution audit ... Common law shuffle in New South Wales ... Vicki Mole reports ... Read more ...
Other Voices, Other Rooms ... Hack attack on barrister ... Heavy-handed Jewish lobby calling the shots ... No support from chambers ... Eerie silence from professional bodies about Gaza atrocities ... Latest cancellations ... Free speech in a spin ... From our Editorial Board ... Read more ...
The life, loves, triumphs and disappointments of Tom Hughes KC ... Choice cuts from Ian Hancock's biography of Tom Hughes, A Cab on the Rank ... A painful move from 11 Selborne ... Skyrocketing fees ... Great cases ... Lionel Murphy - "not an easy client" ... Diary observations of judges, barristers and bar etiquette ... From Justinian's Archive, August 11, 2016 ... Read more ...
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Deja Vu • Wednesday, September 27, 2023 Defrocked barrister faced "iciness" at the ADT ... Double helpings of bias ... Tribunal can't help making adverse decisions about the former brief ... Fair minded citizens on the Emu Plains omnibus ... From Justinian's Archive, November 11, 2004
Hellfire Club • Monday, May 27, 2013
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It took a while, but the Bureau de Spank succeeds in getting solicitor with a disastrous track record struck from the roll ... Failure to turn up in court ... Failure to answer the Bureau's letters ... Out of contact for five months overseas ... Trust account and MCLE disarray
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 Hellfire Club • Wednesday, March 28, 2012 Round-up of latest findings from the Bureau de Spank in Western Australia and Victoria ... All the usual catastrophes ... Fibbing, failure to disclose, false evidence, overcharging, trust account fiddles ... Pierce Hartigan reports