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It's too late for the thylacine ... Procrustes closely analyses recent Justinian reports ... The Ippster and Stella Liebeck ... Tort law reform that went beyond the Pale ... In Tassie, no one is allowed to speak for the forests ... Standing up against State rule of the trees ... Where's Syd Shea when you need him? ... Read more ... 

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Courtroom capers ... Federal Court's digital hiccups ... Principal Registrar in home run ... Pronunciation requirements for names and pre-nominate ... Elocution audit ... Common law shuffle in New South Wales ... Vicki Mole reports ... Read more ... 

"I think it's madness to change it. If you walked into a McDonald's hamburger restaurant and they started serving you seafood, you'd be very confused if you were a customer."

Newington College old boy Peter Thomas arguing against the school admitting female students ... Reported in Guardian Australia, June 21, 2024 ... Read more flatulence ... 


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


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Other Voices, Other Rooms ... Hack attack on barrister ... Heavy-handed Jewish lobby calling the shots ... No support from chambers ... Eerie silence from professional bodies about Gaza atrocities ... Latest cancellations ... Free speech in a spin ... From our Editorial Board ... Read more ... 


Justinian's archive

The life, loves, triumphs and disappointments of Tom Hughes KC ... Choice cuts from Ian Hancock's biography of Tom Hughes, A Cab on the Rank ... A painful move from 11 Selborne ... Skyrocketing fees ... Great cases ... Lionel Murphy - "not an easy client" ... Diary observations of judges, barristers and bar etiquette ... From Justinian's Archive, August 11, 2016 ... Read more ... 


 

 

Wednesday
Jun052024

Taking out the trash

Migration ... New directions for Direction 99 ... Procrustes scrutinises the migration "debate" ... Twaddle from the Coalition and News Corp ... Duration of ties to Australia ... Consideration of the best interests of small children ... Preference given to home grown criminal class 

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Tuesday
Jun042024

Pecker problems

Trump minting coin from his felony convictions ... Toadies in the bleachers ... Justice Alito flagging his proclivities ... SCOTUS corrupted ... Rule of lawlessness ... More horrible judicial distortions in the pipeline ... Roger Fitch files from Washington 

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Thursday
May302024

Courtroom capers

Federal Court's digital hiccups ... Principal Registrar in home run ... Pronunciation requirements for names and pre-nominate ... Elocution audit ... Common law shuffle in New South Wales ... Vicki Mole reports 

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Wednesday
May292024

Letter from Blighty

Rishi rushing to the polls ... Gen Z sent to the trenches ... Tongue tied law firm receptionist ... Putting you through to the wrong person ...Young solicitors told they had not qualified ... Exam fiasco ... Trying to catch the Septics pay packets ... Floyd Alexander-Hunt reports from London 

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Wednesday
May292024

Not innocent

Sexual assault of children ... He probably did it ... But not guilty on all counts ... District Court judge unable to reach the requisite standard ... Unhappy complainants ... Cementing the reluctance to complain ... Trial judges and the prosecution wars ... Anthony Kanaan reports 

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Tuesday
May282024

More bling for the boys

Hobart's KC lobby beating the drum ... Pitching to government knuckle-draggers ... Fresh campaign ... Same stuff ... More surveys ... A Tree for Tasmanian Supremes ... News from The Map 

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Monday
May272024

Geason's ghost

Report from Van Diemen's Land ... Full court reconstitutes itself to deliver judgment in the absence of rusticated judge ... Blow CJ's "request" lost in the mail ... Tasmanian forest management scheme ... Regulators employed by the loggers ... Dame Enid reports 

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Thursday
May162024

Fit, Proper & Bonkers

Bipolar diagnosis ... Character passes muster ... Sexual harassment ... Professional misconduct ... Barrister's sexual harassment ... Offending the product of bipolar affliction ... Pills and potions ... Next round 

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Wednesday
May152024

Mysterious shield of the Crown

Sexual disability ... Strong men  ... Privatisation ... Housing crisis ... Immunity of the Crown ... Procrustes and the kitchen sink 

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