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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 ... 

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    • The New York Times
      Fresh filing by prosecutors in the election fraud case ... New evidence ... Trump: "It doesn’t matter if you won or lost the election. You still have to fight like hell"
    • Sky News
      Uber-right Vic barrister Lana Collaris on her high horse, again ... Wants to scrap acknowledgement of traditional owners at Bar Council meetings ... "Implicit ceding of sovereignty"
    • Balls & Strikes
      Legislation to reform the US Supreme Court ... Increase size from nine to 15 judges over 12 years ... And require judges to disclose how they vote in each case ... Too much hiding behind per curiam
    • Financial Review
      Top five "powerbrokers" in the law ... Lee J is on both the AFR's law and culture powerbrokers lists
    • Joshua Rozenberg
      Barristers backlash against Bar Standards Board imposing rules for the advancement of "equity, diversity, and inclusion"
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Election muddling ... Mounting frenzy ... Democrats produce a Black Swan moment ... Trump's own goals ... Australia's most toxic export ... Murdoch - the man who gave us Trump ... Plans for a new "steal" campaign ... Republican judges  meddling in the election ... Roger Fitch files from Washington ... Read more >> 

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26 clamber abour the silk wagon in NSW ... More >>

Justinian's Bloggers

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 >> 

"I used to live in Glebe and, as a young person, went to protests against cuts to the ABC, so I am horrified to have to go into battle with them. It is personally deeply upsetting that an institution I regard so highly is a constant opponent." 

Defamation lawyer Rebekah Giles, who acted for OnlyFans star Heston Russell against the ABC and collected $390,00 in damages plus costs. The Sydney Morning Herald's CBD column, September 19, 2024 ... Read more flatulence ... 

For the latest developments in media law … www.glj.com.au 

Justinian Featurettes

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 ... 

Justinian's archive

Heydon, Albrechtsen and Meagher ... Albrechting ... Journalists believed Janet Albrechtsen would be an associate to Dyson Heydon on High ... Sadly, not so ... More arch remarks from the authors of Meagher, Gummow & Lehane’s Equity Doctrines & Remedies (4th edition) ... From Justinian's Archive, March 6, 2003 ... Read more ... 

 

 

Friday
Dec152023

Big week with the zombies

• DateFriday, December 15, 2023

High Court and UK Supreme Court decisions on immigration detainees ... Fear and loathing ... Remembering Gerry Hand ... Parliament's pre-Christmas meltdown ... Judiciary to sprinkle magic water over re-incarcerations ... Procrustes on the creeping encroachment of the State  

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Thursday
Dec142023

AI and its hallucinations

• DateThursday, December 14, 2023

Generative AI is particularly counterproductive for the legal profession ... Rubbish in ... Rubbish out ... Mistakes and confirmation bias ... Precision and consistency under assault ... Veronica Lenard reports 

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Friday
Dec082023

Close to the source

, • DateFriday, December 8, 2023

The Map - Cowboy judge knocking over the china - One man's judicial rodeo, with leaks ... Mess-O-Potamia - Big Middle Eastern river system has court watches intrigued ... Justice Jenni slows down to set a new record ... Leading law academic shakes-up procedural fairness at the AAT ... Theodora reports 

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Tuesday
Dec052023

The History Boys

• DateTuesday, December 5, 2023

ASIC v CBA ... "Grandfathering" and its origins ... Exposition by Justice Jackman ... An unfortunate connection to race-based voter restrictions in the US of A ... Inappropriate use of the word in legal jargon ... Other judicial history detours ... Associate of judges Ginger Snatch reports 

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Sunday
Dec032023

Federal judge gets to grips with the fair minded observer

• DateSunday, December 3, 2023

Bar career acting for the government in migration cases ... Multiple recusal applications ... Googling from the box ... Novel approaches ... Ducking the High Court's Bromwich decision 

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Friday
Dec012023

Moneybags update

• DateFriday, December 1, 2023

Correction ... Willy Alstergren's pay day ... Plus, the AG's Department showers money on private law shops and counsel ... Steady annual increases on outlay for lawyers ... Happy days ... Ginger Snatch reruns the numbers 

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Friday
Nov242023

Julian Burnside

• DateFriday, 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 

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Friday
Nov242023

Sandgroping Out West

• DateFriday, November 24, 2023

Solicitor takes to the airwaves to defend client's toothbrush technique - Disciplinary proceedings and costs - Unhappy silk ... Fed Ct judge cleans the bottom drawer in readiness for departure ... Temper tantrums and bias - Difficult litigant ... Departure from appropriate judicial standards ... Groper files from Perth 

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Tuesday
Nov212023

Vale Mon

• DateTuesday, November 21, 2023

Tribute to Monique St John ... Justinian's Marianne dies ... Showgirl, muse and late night companion to leading lights in the judiciary ... Front cover privacy exclusive ... Sir Murray Rivers embarrasses the Melbourne establishment 

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