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      Musk's self-destructive impulses ... For how long will he be tolerated at the Court of King Donald?
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Letter from Rome ... Judges on strike over constitutional changes ... Independence of prosecutors at stake ... Referendum on the way ... Constitutional court inflames the Meloni regime with decision on boat people ... Insults galore ... Silvana Olivetti reports ... Read more >> 

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Omnishambles rolls on ... Linda Reynolds former chief of staff, Fiona Brown, sues the Commonwealth ... Fair Work ... Breach of general protections ... File >>

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London Calling ... Law n Order in Blighty ... King invites the King for State visit ... Grovels aplenty ... Magistrate over does the "send him down" ... Musos strike an angry chord about AI encroachment ... Law shops protect the billable hour ... Floyd Alexander-Hunt files ... Read more >> 

"Stalin, Mao, and Hitler didn't murder millions of people. Their public sector employees did." 

A statement posted on Twitter/X and reposted by Elon Musk. March 14, 2025 ... Read more flatulence ... 

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Justinian Featurettes

Judgment for sale ... Melbourne University Publishing's decision to produce Justice Lee's Lehrmann judgment as a commercial product is not without its problems ... The omnishambles continues ... Melbourne lawyer Nilay B. Patel explains ... Read more >> 

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Pat's wobbly evidence in defamation case ... Remembering the great Pat O'Shane's defamation case against culture warrior Janet (The Planet) Albrechtsen ... Pat comes home at the trial and most of the damages on appeal ... When Fairfax defended Albrechtsen ... From Justinian's Archive, April 15, 2004 ... Read more >>

 

 

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Wednesday
Sep182024

Armidale Madge ejected

• DateWednesday, September 18, 2024

Local Court Madge goes head-to-head with "truculent" brief in finger licking case ... Shouting match ... Crossing the line ... "First warning" ... Transcript ... Historical note .. Reflections on defending vigorously ... Anthony Kanaan reports 

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