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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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      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 ... 

 

 

Sunday
Oct222023

Red bagging

• DateSunday, October 22, 2023

Elephant stamps for best in class ... The silk snafu ... Multiple winners from the same chambers ... Secret process for silk selection ... Smoke and mirrors ... Inside track at the Bar 'n' Grill 

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Thursday
Oct192023

Letter from London

• DateThursday, October 19, 2023

"Can I just mention?" ... Judges show their Arsenal tickets ... Netflix bends it with Beckham... Giant US-UK law shop fusion ... AG gets the branding wrong ... Jail house blues ... Floyd Alexander-Hunt reports from Blighty 

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Friday
Oct132023

Turf News

, • DateFriday, October 13, 2023

Former ferry master moves on from the Federal Court to hot seat at ICAC ... Baseball bat bruising for Shane Drumgold ... Torpor judges out West ... Brandis and Pezzullo - a marriage made in heaven ... Trogs frothing at Vic's Bar ... Goings On with Theodora 

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Wednesday
Oct112023

The Wild West

• DateWednesday, October 11, 2023

Judge failed to disclose to a defamation defendant her working relationship with the plaintiff's counsel ... Non recusal upheld on appeal with help from the fair minded lay observer - who was not in possession of all the facts ... Fair minds and bad looks ... Sandy Groper reports 

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Friday
Oct062023

Finn's finale

• DateFriday, 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 

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Tuesday
Oct032023

After all we've done for them

• DateTuesday, October 3, 2023

China gets its foot inside Timor Leste's front door ... The legacy of Downer, Howard, ASIS and their pals at Woodside ... Collaery, K and the whole shooting match ... Dili diary ... Procrustes inveighs 

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Monday
Oct022023

The travesty of America's judiciary

• DateMonday, October 2, 2023

Transformation of SCOTUS ... Alito and Thomas's ethical voids ... Rorting and stacking the courts in the Red States ... Circuit mischief ... Trump judges on the loose ... Roger Fitch reports from Washington 

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Tuesday
Sep262023

The looming train wreck

• DateTuesday, September 26, 2023

The Voice referendum - an insight into the soul of the nation ... A fast track constitutional lesson ... Levelling up the race power ... More than welfare is at stake for Indigenous Australians ... Ineptitude of the Yes case ... Procrustes in despair  

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Tuesday
Sep262023

From out of the West

• DateTuesday, September 26, 2023

Across the Nullarbor ... Another judicial delay ... Appeal against failure to recuse in defamation case ... Apprehension of bias ... Insufficient disclosure of tribunal member's connection with a complainant in barrister's fees case ... Disharmony in siblings estate dispute ... Groper's latest bulletin 

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