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Bag lady ... Don't call the results until the fat lady sings … Senator's criminal record hidden from view … Inspiration from our B-grade business leaders … Forget the sexual harassment, Dicey Heydon is coming out of the deep freeze ... Read on >> 

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Capital crimes ... Dangerous words likely to be scrubbed from the Trump era lexicon ... Musk and his techie vandals ... The shredder going full blast at the FBI ... Stolen national security documents sent back to Mar-a-Lago ... Cabinet clown show ... White supremacy unleashed ... Consumer protection prosecutions dropped ... Lawyers and law firms threatened ... Roger Fitch from Washington ... Read more >> 

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News from the Rialto ... According to our sources a TV series called Defo, starring Rachel Griffiths, is in development ... About a lawyer who sets up an all-female set of barristers' chambers in Melbourne specialising in defamation and media misbehaviour ... 

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Letter from London ... Holiday season ... Mother's Day, Lent, Chocolate ... Publisher wants money from Russell Brand for unpublished books ... Paralegal accessed forbidden documents to qualify for legal training contract ... Birthday card payout ... Floyd Alexander-Hunt files from Blighty ... Read more >> 

"A seemingly small election could determine the fate of Western civilization. I think it matters for the future of the world.

Elon Musk on the importance of the outcome of the vote to fill a judicial vacancy on the Wisconsin Supreme Court ... Musk and his affiliated groups sunk $US21 million into supporting the unsuccessful conservative candidate ... April 1, 2025 ... Read more flatulence ... 


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


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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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The dark art of sham litigation ... Fraudulent litigation ... Bodgy debts to circumvent real creditors ... Defamation actions to wash money ... Moldovan courts to the rescue of Russian gangsters ... Italian divorces in Maidenhead ... From Justinian's Archive, January 2016 ... Read more >> 


 

 

Entries in Court in the Act (226)

Tuesday
Jul022024

Anything goes

Solicitor changes lanes ... Warned client of possible conflict ... VicSupremes says "go ahead" ... Legal Services Commissioner on standby ... Plus ... Plundering clients' estates for personal expenses ... More than $2 million AWOL from Wollongong law shop ... Derolling after time served ... Anthony Kanaan reports 

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Thursday
Jun132024

Investigative journalism

Feature ... A journalist's connection with the Plutus fraud ... A patsy or a willing participant in blackmail ... Dark arts ... The outer edges of journalism ... Criminal costs application rejected ... Inferences from the AFP intercepts ... From our Ringside Reporter 

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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

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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Thursday
Apr112024

Celebrations at the Lubyanka

NSW Supreme Court judges gear up for a big birthday party ... Planned revelries ... Serious reflections ... History by the yards ... Monumental book ... Artworks ... Musicale ... From Miss Ginger Snatch, an associate of judges 

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Thursday
Apr042024

The greatest disaster since Oscar Wilde

Unknown unknowns ... Known unknowns ... Where to next for Brucie Boy? ... Media mayhem ... Witness intimidation ... Hacks hacking at each other ... Harriet Harman and the world of implied undertakings ... From Ginger Snatch in the front row 

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Monday
Mar112024

Dangerous concoctions

Fabricated cases cited to show instances where MinterEllison lawyers had been restrained from appearing ... AI possibly responsible ... Litigant fails in bid to block Minters and counsel from acting in long-running employment law battle ... Embellished misconduct claims ... Anthony-James Kanaan reports 

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Monday
Feb122024

From the bar table

Yelling counsel ... Heckling ... Pointing and shouting ... Minister goes off piste as a model litigant ... Conduct unbecoming ... From our courts roundsperson, Ginger Snatch  

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Monday
Jan082024

Wrap of the Lehrmann defamation trial

Written closing submissions in Lehrmann defamation proceedings ... Claim of "confirmation bias" by Channel 10 ... Applicant and respondent both said to be dishonest ... Lehrmann wants substantial damages, even sexual intercourse is established ... Lehrmann's denials amount to "utterly wicked" conduct ... From Stephen Murray, Courts Editor for the Gazette of Law & Journalism 

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