Letter from London


Swearing during ethics exam likely to bring the profession into disrepute ... Rwanda on ice ... Magistrate ticked off for butting into animal cruelty discourse ... Charles tells parliament about a battery of 40 Bills and the flowering of economic growth ... Floyd Alexander-Hunt writes from the Old Dart
Gone fishing


Native Title Act ... Fishing rights ... Abalone principally reserved for the Chinese market ... State fishing laws breached by Indigenous fishers ... NSW and South Australian appeal courts differ on the "legal burden" of defendants and their native title qualifications ... Comity ... Something for the Saloon to resolve ... Procrustes, the fisherman's friend, reports
Trump v US


Judge Aileen Cannon ... No more special prosecutors ... Rogue judges at the highest level ... Presidential immunity decision worse than anticipated ... A dreadful partisan court ... Milwaukee convention ... Vance has no conviction - unlike his running mate ... Roger Fitch files from Washington
Senator sues staffer raped on her couch


Reynolds v Higgins ... Protective trust ... Implied Harman undertakings insufficient to stop plaintiff's leaks to the media ... Patsy "journalists" engaged in harassment of the defendant ... Strong defence pleadings ... NACC and Integrity Commission investigation into Sofronoff leaks ... Sandy Groper reports from Perth