Saturday
Mar092013
Chestnut in the fire
Judges • Saturday, March 9, 2013 The Map of Tasmania ... Madge Marron birched again, this time by the CJ-in-waiting ... Traffic Act trauma ... New Supremos
Justinian's archive
Judges • Saturday, March 9, 2013 Friday
Mar082013
Washington notebook
Roger Fitch Esq • Friday, March 8, 2013 Gongs for drone crews ... Military detention for civilians ... Australia listed among the countries that collaborated with the CIA's "detention, rendition and interrogation" program ... Court vacancies at crisis point ... NRA lobbying on judicial appointments ... Clarence Thomas speaks ... Roger Fitch - Our Man in Washington
tagged Drones, Military detention, US Supreme Court
Drones, Military detention, US Supreme Court Thursday
Mar072013
Queen Victoria Land
Bar Talk • Thursday, March 7, 2013 Barrister branding … War of the post-nominals … Tidal wave of support at Yarraside Bar 'n' Grill for gold plating the business … Letters Patent-Leather and the return of QCs
tagged Queens Counsel, Victorian Bar
Queens Counsel, Victorian Bar Monday
Mar042013
How wrong can you be?
Court in the Act • Monday, March 4, 2013 Punters' peril ... $400,000 damages for professional negligence confiscated from client because solicitor enjoyed immunity ... Five judge panel flexes its brain power to bolster the fortress
Monday
Mar042013
Missing in action
Hellfire Club • Monday, March 4, 2013 NSW lawyers disciplinary register falls into disrepair ... Missing names ... Legal Services Commissioner says he doesn't know about disciplinary findings that are publicly available ... Hydra-headed regulatory regime dysfunctional
Wednesday
Feb272013
Wymyn baristas
Bar Talk • Wednesday, February 27, 2013 Vic EO & HRC didn't include wymyn baristas in its recent study of women in the law ... Law Council doing its own report, but going in a different direction ... Reports and inquiries aplenty ... Meanwhile, bar has policy meeting on women applying for silk, but only a few knew about it ... Alix Piatek reports
tagged Victorian Bar, Women barristers
Victorian Bar, Women barristers Friday
Feb222013
Fair trials for lawyers
City Desk • Friday, February 22, 2013 Staying criminal trials in the hope that legal aid will stump-up more money ... Solicitorless in a fused world ... Too much work for barristers ... More lawyers needed for cases that are not complex
tagged Criminal trials, Legal aid
Criminal trials, Legal aid Friday
Feb222013
Supreme Court of Riverview
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
Friday
Feb222013
Outrages from the motherland
Leverhulme • Friday, February 22, 2013 Overly aggressive cross-examination in sex case causes outcry ... Questions without solid foundation ... Northern Ireland chief prosecutor gets his solicitor advocates to tog-up ... Bar outraged ... Leverhulme reports from the Old Dart
Monday
Feb182013
Concentrating the mind
Procrustes • Monday, February 18, 2013 Nauru, where "undesirable" people are concentrated without trial, indefinitely ... VCAT rules on the fleeting nature of a kiss ... Police cover-up identity of person receiving $250,000 witness payment for the shaky Phuong Ngo conviction ... Procrustes at large
Friday
Feb152013
How to impose a sentence properly
Court in the Act • Friday, February 15, 2013 Judge hurls abuse at accused in sentencing proceedings ... The Far North Queensland sentencing model
tagged Far North Queensland, Judge Harrison, Sentencing
Far North Queensland, Judge Harrison, Sentencing Friday
Feb152013
AAT prez birched by fellow Tasmanians
Court in the Act • Friday, February 15, 2013 Full court of the Tas Supremes lays into Duncan Kerr ... Where was the case law? ... Unmeritorious applications ... Needless grounds of appeal ... Time wasting ... Costs punishment ... Map of Tasmania
tagged AAT, Duncan Kerr, Map of Tasmania
AAT, Duncan Kerr, Map of Tasmania Wednesday
Feb132013
Hurt feelings
City Desk • Wednesday, February 13, 2013 Latest thrills and spills around the Defamation Court ... Reputations under fire ... Tony Renshaw v Lawyers Weekly ... Chief Madge v Daily Tele ... Ashurst Partner v Fairfax ... Littlemore, gentle but firm ... Defamatorium
Monday
Feb112013
Perfidy in peacetime
Roger Fitch Esq • Monday, February 11, 2013 The United States doesn't require a war for there to be "war crimes ... Stopping the "water cure" from flowing into the trial process ... European Court of Human Rights upsets the CIA's apple cart ... Roger Fitch files from Washington
tagged Guantanamo, Law of war, Military Commissions, Torture
Guantanamo, Law of war, Military Commissions, Torture Friday
Feb082013
Jailing jurors who seek the truth
Tulkinghorn • Friday, February 8, 2013 Trial process trumps the search for truth ... Jurors promise to give a true verdict ... Lawyers and judges don't have to make promises about the "truth" ... The Theodora Dallas case and online research by jurors ... The confines of the adversarial criminal justice system ... Tulkinghorn opines
tagged Adversarial system, Contempt, Juries, Jury research
Adversarial system, Contempt, Juries, Jury research Friday
Feb012013
The Spry letters - round three
Judges • Friday, February 1, 2013 Trust me ... Letter to the CJ ... According to Ian Spry QC, Chief Justice French got it wrong in the long-running stoush with the former Mrs Spry over distribution of family trust assets ... Latest in a series of letters contesting the correctness of the majority findings in Kennon v Spry
tagged High Court, ICF Spry, Kennon v Spry
High Court, ICF Spry, Kennon v Spry Friday
Feb012013
The rich tapestry of the law
Goings On ... • Friday, February 1, 2013 New-Old life for Dyse ... Allens' former senior partner's breast-taking moment ... The ineffectiveness of suppression orders in the internet age ... Private equity fund gobbles Lawyers Fortnightly ... Torturous 14 year grind by the SA Bureau de Spank
Thursday
Jan242013
The show must go on
Procrustes • Thursday, January 24, 2013 A post-Dysian world ... Justice Peter Young shows the way ... Veil piercing ... The slipperiness of legislative intention ... "Purpose" is the empty vessel into which judges can pour their own meaning ... Procrustes takes his pills
Thursday
Jan242013
Silence speaks
City Desk • Thursday, January 24, 2013 NSW's "evidence of silence" legislation and adverse inferences ... Attorney General clings to telephone advice as a safeguard ... The hotline model out of favour in Law & Justice Foundation findings ... The fundamentalism of pillars
tagged Right to silence
Right to silence Tuesday
Jan222013
Cloudy conditions at the NSW Law Society
City Desk • Tuesday, January 22, 2013 Ethics committee purged by incoming Law Soc prez ... New guidelines on cloud computing and outsourcing not adopted ... Distressed email
tagged Cloud computing, Ethics, Law Society NSW, Outsourcing
Cloud computing, Ethics, Law Society NSW, Outsourcing