Margaret Cunneen claims ICAC is leaking to News Corp … News Corp says ICAC is leaking to Fairfax … Inspector Dave says he’s not leaking to anyone … Spivs and logrollers line-up for free kicks … Get your fresh leaks here
The Hammer sends papers to the Law Society
Uncategorized Monday, November 2, 2015Court finds that solicitor misled bank in loan application and made untruthful claims in his defence … Lawyer under “significant financial pressure” … Doctored documents … Defendant’s evidence “beggars belief”
Copy cat
Uncategorized Saturday, October 31, 2015Full feds on the case … Refugee tribunal member substantially copied previous reasons of another member, which rejected application by a Tamil asylum seeker … Failure by RRT member to apply independent considerations … Go back, start again
Sandy Street overturned in pooch discrimination case
Uncategorized Friday, October 30, 2015Virgin Australia should have allowed “Willow” to fly … Numerous appellable errors in disability discrimination case … Full Feds to the rescue … Primary judge should have paused for “reflection” … Kate Lilly reports
Uglier by the day
Uncategorized Monday, October 26, 2015UPDATE … Increasingly rancid accusations in NSW bar election … Utterly extraordinary campaign … Inaccurate claims … Latest muck from Phillip Street
Idiosyncratic issues
Uncategorized Thursday, October 22, 2015NSW bar election bumf flies thick and fast … Bruce McClintock claims Neutral ticket is breathtakingly hypocritical … Michelle Painter slaps down knitting club critic … Paul Menzies wants the return of civil juries … Jeffrey Phillips insists his ticket is not right wing … What to believe?
Fullness and frankness
Uncategorized Sunday, October 18, 2015Barrister does a bit of work without a ticket … Forgets just how many jobs were involved … Tells pork pies to the bar council … Disgraceful … Judge claims that practising certificates “protect the public” … Law graduate strikes Top End admission problem as a result of a copy and paste approach to assignments … Unintentional plagiarising … Forgets to be full and frank … Kate Lilly reports
Dear barrister – why don’t you toss out the toffs at the top?
Uncategorized Friday, September 25, 2015NSW bar elections loom and Margaret Cunneen is out of the blocks early with a campaigning missive … Letter to members attacking bar leaders … Unheard of politicking … Council disfunction … Vote for ME, I share your distress