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"True to form, the ACT corruption watchdog has put itself at the centre of perceptions of bias with a finding against eminent former Queensland judge Walter Sofronoff KC that serves only to debase the definition of serious corrupt conduct."

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Entries in Court in the Act (226)

Friday
Apr042025

The never-ending story

Fly in the ointment ... Cossack's judicial review sidetracked ... Speaker of the Toy Town Legislative Assembly says the Integrity Commission's report is a "proceeding in parliament" and cannot be impeached ... In another challenge to the commission last month the Speaker given leave to be heard as an amicus ... From the Gazette of Law & Journalism 

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Saturday
Mar222025

Courts - a province of family violence 

Parenting drama ... Burdening court resources with relentless, inflammatory, and groundless applications ... Judge and magistrate sued in litany of litigation ... Lawfare ... Tottle to the rescue ... Anthony Kanaan reports 

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Tuesday
Mar182025

Police go fishing

Important case on search warrants ... Police seize the mobile phone of a solicitor ... Investigation into a shooting ... Law Society protocol on search warrants ... Requirement for warrant to specify in detail the information sought ... Give the phone back ... Anthony Kanaan reports 

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Tuesday
Mar042025

Redesigning the camel

Sustained problems at the Circuit and Family Courts ... Handballing cases up and down the food chain ... Rev Christian Porter's unfortunate legacy ... Unwinding the duel kingdoms of Willy Alstergren CJ CJ ... What has happened to "Ginger" McGrath? ... From our Family Affairs Roundsman 

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Friday
Feb142025

Special report: bumper delays

Snail paced deliveries ... "Grossly inordinate" delays ... Protracted decision making in relatively uncomplicated cases ... Ginger Snatch reports 

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Tuesday
Feb042025

ChatterboxGPT

Aged solicitor not so doddery that he couldn't use AI ... Bogus AI generated citations in court submissions ... Non-existent quotes ... Off to the OLSC for birching ... Name suppressed, naturally ... Taco Bell CJ appears on the ABC to reiterate (partial) AI ban ... Anthony Kanaan reports 

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Wednesday
Nov132024

Judicial Shockers

Latest from the trouble prone Queensland branch of the Federales ... Administrative law upsets ... Sandy Street overturned ... On the level in Canberra ... Missing aged care accountant ... Law shop managing director skewered ... Ginger Snatch reports from courtrooms around the nation 

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Monday
Oct282024

Blue sky litigation 

Another costly Lehrmann decision ... One more spin on the never-never ... Arguable appeal discovered in the bowels of the Gazette of Law & Journalism ... Odious litigants ... Could Lee J have got it wrong on the meaning of rape? ... Calpurnia reports from the Defamatorium 

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Wednesday
Oct092024

Extra bread and dripping

Costs breakthrough for migration lawyers who labour against the odds ... Filing fees and professional costs ahoy ... Full Federal Court overturns minister's miserable approach to costs for successful applicants ... Minister's gilded team of briefs fail to move the Fulls 

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