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Entries in Tom Bathurst (4)

Wednesday
Nov262014

Bathurst CJ - questions and answers

• DateWednesday, November 26, 2014

Interview with NSW chief justice Tom Bathurst ... A glass of water for the shock jocks ... CJ's thoughts about QCs and SCs, a tort for serious invasions of privacy, a Bill of Rights and electronic courts ... Addressing the costs of litigation ... Judicial diversity ... Confidence in the judiciary 

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Sunday
Nov032013

Vic Supremes bungy jump experiment

• DateSunday, November 3, 2013

Out of the closet ... Vic Supremes showing its face to the world ... NSW CJ skeptical about social media ... Different approaches to handling spreading the rule-of-law message ... Alix Piatek reports 

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Sunday
Dec162012

Beazley gets the nod

• DateSunday, December 16, 2012

The NSW Cabinet meets on Monday (Dec. 17) and is likely to approve Margaret Beazley's appointment as President of the Court of Appeal ... It's understood that Tom Bathurst had also been toying with other names 

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Wednesday
May182011

Anyone for tennis?

• DateWednesday, May 18, 2011

Update ... Baffo bounds onto centre court ... Despite the plaudits, Tom Bathurst remains a mystery man ... An able barrister without much on the record ... The right noises about "access to justice", but who thinks anything interesting will happen? ... Some morsels about NSW's incoming chief justice

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