Secret documents into allegations against former High Court Justice Lionel Murphy could be available after September 25 … Statutory embargo to end shortly … Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry into behaviour of Justice Murphy … Release of documents now subject to written authority of the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Reps … Last vestige of suppressed information is nigh 

Full Federal Court decision in Brandis v Dreyfus FOI case explained by Alexi Polden … Brandis said it is a matter of principle to explore the “proper application” of the FOI Act … However, his case varied between the tribunal and the court … Full Feds not impressed with AG’s case

Victorian bar council plotting to pull out of the Law Council of Australia … Gentle academic enters the Phillip Street hornets’ nest … Timbo Carmody in Brisbane ethics fest

Murder conviction quashed … Acquittal verdict by CCA in the case of a refugee where vital evidence was not disclosed at trial by the prosecution … DPP orders an investigation into prosecution failures … Justin Pen reports from ringside 

QC season underway in Qld as barristers rush for royal bling … Sadly, the Queens Counsel bauble has failed to lift business at the Brisneyland bar  

Deaf man and pregnant wife denied sign language interpreter … Sandy Street dismisses disability discrimination application … Birth of a child equated to “buying a bag of chips”… Full Feds take action and overturn the decision on all grounds … Judge’s language gives rise to apprehensions of bias … Naaman Zhou reports from ringside 

Paisley snail case … Barristers get points for rewiring their cells … Broadspectrum chair brings more than business acumen to HDY 

Prominent Malthusian up-in-arms about Tasmania adopting the uniform bar rules … Tasmanian rules should be the national model … Infliction of an interstate monstrosity … “Sydney view of the legal world” … Much to recommend Chinese criminal justice … Push for special general meeting of the bar … Latest from The Map