Sore bottoms on the bench ... Birchings for judgments that went askew ... Appeal reasons from higher up the food chain ... FCA judge finds that a commercial loss is really a bargain ... Trauma at the Tribunal ... Theodora reports ... Read more >>
Pressing matters ... The media edition … Press gangs of Sydney … Turmoil in the newsrooms … Commercial newspapers and TV on their last legs … Moloch's people infiltrating everywhere … Medals for prize journalists … Streaming services – the new snails on the block ... Read on ...
Lehrmann v Network Ten ... Judgment for sale ... Justice Lee's reasons in paperback ... More >>
Online incitements ... Riots in English cities fed by online misinformation about refugees ... Policing and prosecution policies ... Fast and furious processing of offenders ... Online Safety Act grapples with new challenges ... Increased policing of speech on tech platforms ... Hugh Vuillier reports from London ... Read more >>
Postcard from London ... Watching Starmer mince the sausages ... How to move a file from the inactive list ... Court's failed email notification system ...Sleep monitors want to measure the extent of lawyers' restfulness ... Floyd Alexander-Hunt reporting from London ... Read more >>
Tootsies with Planet Janet ... Water Softener and the Planet ... Further details of the width and depth of their relationship ... Chief Justice of the ACT grants Justinian's application for access to more documents ... A barrage of text messages and phone calls throughout the Drumgold investigation ... Collated reporting ... More on Sofronoff and Albrechtsen ... Read more ...
Regrets ... The then Media Watch host and one of the country's most magnificent silks birched in the High Court for not sticking to the rules ... Scratchy Stu ... From Justinian's Archive, May 1997 ... Read more ...
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I Once Met ... Prominent and unusual people encourtered by our readers and contributors.
JustyFlix: our film crew covers the most glittering events on the calendar.
On the Couch: where notable notables bear their souls.
Wendler on Wine: spectacular wine reviews, gargling and spitting from barrister Gabriel Wendler.
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On the Couch • Friday, November 24, 2023 A barrister, much of whose career has been in the public eye ... Counsel to the rich and the deprived ... Flirting with politics ... Career change ... Retirement ... Relaxation and writing await ... On The Couch
Asylum seekers, Julian Burnside, Law, Refugees, Victorian Bar Tuesday, November 7, 2023 Barbara McDonald - the high priestess of torts and privacy ... Former torts law professor at the University of Sydney ... What's on the horizon for the development of privacy and other torts ... The bureaucratisation of scholarship and academic life ... Life at the academy ... Interview with Ariana Haghighi
Book review • Sunday, November 5, 2023 Book review ... Killing for Country: A Family Story ... The colonial land grab ... Entitlement capitalism and the transformation of Australia in the 19th century ... The killing fields of the Native Police ... Failure of the law ... The foundations of a nation's character ... Reviewed by Braham Dabscheck
Colonial history, Indigenous affairs Obit • Friday, October 6, 2023 Paul Finn ... Former federal judge and serious academic ... 1946-2023 ... Equitable duties and good government ... The outsider who should have gone to the High Court ... Lunching connections ... The history of crony capitalism ... From the Obituaries Editor
Wendler on Wine • Tuesday, September 12, 2023 Wine thievery is all the rage ... Expensive bottles lifted from their rightful owners ... Product that is easily on-sold or fenced ... Top end drops now snugly located in Sydney's legal district, under lock n' key ... Justinian's wine reporter Gabriel Wendler is on the case
On the Couch • Tuesday, August 1, 2023 A writer on fire ... New plays, TV series, films and a novel ... The lawyer turned playwright ... The importance of Prima Facie ... Sexual assault trials ... Violence in the prison system ... The sport of arguing ... On the Couch with Suzie Miller
Suzie Miller Obit • Wednesday, July 19, 2023 Peter Lyons RIP ... Leverhulme's trackside send-off ... "Advokkacy forever" ... York as Shangri La ... Racehorses ... Training lawyers ... Poetry ... A huge fan club at the parade ring ... Funeral notes from Simon (Capability) Brown KC
Critics' Corner • Monday, July 17, 2023 Big Law ... Murder, money and misogyny ... Dealing with an unspeakable client ... Too much testosterone ... Crime thriller from Joanna Jenkins - someone who knows where the bodies are buried ... Book review from Anna Kretowicz
On the Couch • Wednesday, July 5, 2023 Melbourne lawyer Leon Zwier On The Couch ... Honouring the legacy of a former partner ... The hour of need - assisting Brittany Higgins and Eryn Jean Norvill ... The misuse of documents obtained coercively in litigation ... Grudges ... Racism ... Plaited loaves
Leon Zwier Sports Desk • Wednesday, July 5, 2023 Cricket and constitutional government ... The jurisprudence of dead balls ... Jurisdiction ... Lawn bowls c.f. cricket ... Ethical consistency ... Democratic inclinations ... Bazball ... Cricketing aesthetics ... From Our Cricketing Correspondent Wallace Grout