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Smoke and mirrors ... Spiritual notes … Bishop fends off claim for damages from victim of priestly abuse … How does this work? … Victoria protects politician with DV offences … An oppressive no-publication regime … Celebrity judge battles antisemitism from the gala dinner circuit ... Read on ... 

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    • The New York Times
      Inside the decision by the Nevada Probate Commissioner denying Rupert Murdoch's bid to change the family trust
    • The Sydney Morning Herald
      From 2002 ... Tom Hughes on the Old Silk Road
    • Monterey Police Department
      Here's the police incident report on the claim of rape made against Trump's pick for Secretary of Defence, Peter Hegseth
    • The New York Times
      October 7 attack ... An independent inquiry sheets blame for Israel's unpreparedness onto Netanyahu and his government, which funded Hamas for at least a decade
    • The Saturday Paper
      NACC integrity official resigns over integrity issues ... Non-compliance and credibility problems ... Brereton clings on
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It's Hitlerish ... Reelection of a charlatan ... Republicans take popular vote for the first time in 20 years ... Amnesia ... Trashing a democracy ... Trump and his team of troubled men ... Mainstream media wilts in the eye of the storm ... Depravity, greed and revenge are the new normal ... Roger Fitch files from Washington ... Read more >> 

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Change of guard at the High Court ... Richard Glenn appointed CEO and Executive Director of the Court ... The same Richard Glenn who as Commonwealth Ombudsman was birched over mishandling a report into the legality of Robodebt ... More >> 

Justinian's Bloggers

Shmagatha Shmistie 2.0 ... Another round with Vardy and Rooney ... Remote evidence from a witness - on the bus ... Brazilian magistrate looses his shirt ... CV qualifications propped up by pork pies ... Fast justice by Scissors & Paste ... Floyd Alexander-Hunt in London with the latest regrettable court-related conduct ... Read more >> 

"Today is about Dad's wishes and confirming all of our support for him and for his wishes. It shouldn't be difficult or controversial. Love you, Lachlan."   

Lachlan Murdoch's text message to his sister Elisabeth on the eve of a special meeting to discuss altering the family trust so that Lachlan would run and control News Corp and Fox News ... Quoted in the opinion of the Nevada Probate Commissioner who ruled against changing the terms of the trust ... The New York Times, December 9, 2024 ... Read more flatulence ... 

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

Justinian Featurettes

The great interceptor ... Rugby League ... Dennis Tutty and the try he shouldn't have scored ... Case that changed the face of professional sport ... Growth of the player associations, courtesy of the Barwick High Court ... Free kick ... Restraint of trade ... Braham Dabscheck comments ... Read more ... 

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Litigation's artful delays ... From Justinian's archive ... April 22, 2014 ... Lawyers and the complexity of litigation ... Delay as a defence tactic ... Access to justice includes preventing access to justice ... Reprising the Flower & Hart saga with starring role by Ian Callinan QC ... Abuse of process ... Queensland CJ declined to intervene ... Tulkinghorn on the case  ... Read more ... 

 

 

Monday
May272024

Geason's ghost

• DateMonday, May 27, 2024

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

• DateThursday, May 16, 2024

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

• DateWednesday, May 15, 2024

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

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Friday
May102024

Strikings off

• DateFriday, May 10, 2024

Fit and proper ... Latest rulings from WA and NSW ... Solicitors attraction to other people's money ... Abject departure from the gold standard ... Anthony Kanaan looks at how unfit and improper you have to be in order to get de-rolled  

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Tuesday
May072024

Dark and Stormy times in the US of A

• DateTuesday, May 7, 2024

The MAGA Supreme Court ... Conservative judges flirt with absolute presidential immunity ... A reconfigured Constitution ... Trump's intimidation of witnesses and jurors in NY election fraud case ... Jury deadlocked in Abu Ghraib torture case ... Roger Fitch's Letter from Washington 

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Tuesday
May072024

Did Justice Lee get it wrong?

• DateTuesday, May 7, 2024

More on the omnishambles ... Holes in Justice Lee's Lehrmann findings on truth ... Natural and ordinary meaning of the word "rape" ... Disappearance of the ordinary reasonable reader/viewer ... Graham Hryce comments on arguable appeal points 

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Thursday
May022024

Around town

, • DateThursday, May 2, 2024

Punctuation advice from Vic's bar ... Feds throw the book at library marriage ... Treacherous shallows in heterosexual discrimination legislation ... Another scalp in compulsory ticketing regime ... Quick Sandy and the unassisted Tamil ... Hands up for silk in Aotearoa ... Theodora's latest rounds 

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Tuesday
Apr302024

Other Voices, Other Rooms

• DateTuesday, April 30, 2024

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 

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Friday
Apr262024

Great contributions to litigation

• DateFriday, April 26, 2024

Tribute to the hopeless litigant ... Vito, vitare, vitavi, vitatus ... Vexatious fighter moves to another jurisdiction ... Trail of exasperation and failure ... End of a headache ... From our Ringside Reporter 

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