No apprehension here … Queensland chief justice too biased to know he’s biased … No alternative but to withdraw from Cowan appeal … Emails and memoranda show extent of judicial fracture … CJ unable to produce important judgment … Bluto in strife, again
A cry of pain from Parramatta
Uncategorized Wednesday, May 6, 2015Judge says Federal Circuit Court is overburdened … Important cases concerning the welfare of children are delayed for years … Case loads of the judges are two to three times what they should be … Matters are over-listed by up to 400 percent … Emilie Lentz reports
On your bike as campaign rolls for Qld human rights charter
Uncategorized Tuesday, May 5, 2015The Labor government’s agreement with independent MP Peter Wellington has put some juice into the campaign for a Queensland Bill of Rights … The campaign hots up … Lobbying underway … Anti-rights academic might flee the state
News from the Wardroom
Uncategorized Tuesday, April 28, 2015Former Adelaide footlights performer steps-up to new role as President of the Commonwealth Lawyers Association … Alex Ward also embroiled in history of the Australian Military Court … Kevin Childs on the case
QE11 cauldron on the boil
Uncategorized Tuesday, April 28, 2015Application for Qld CJ to recuse himself for apprehended bias in Daniel Morecombe murder appeal … Close association with Braveheart’s campaigner … “Administrative error” by CJ results in court of appeal being misled … Carmody intercedes on behalf of a former client
Lingering chest pains
Uncategorized Friday, April 24, 2015Solicitors caught in costs storm
Uncategorized Tuesday, April 21, 2015Supremes in Victoria and NSW make costs orders against solicitors for their misconduct in litigation … Costly time for Joseph Guss and Shane Neagle … “My Dad’s a solicitor and he always wins” … Watershed moments … Inappropriate and scandalous material … False allegations … Referral to the Law Society … Emilie Lentz reports
Roll call
Uncategorized Sunday, April 19, 2015Canberra man with alcohol struggle admitted to the jam roll with conditions attached … Concern that delay in his admission would adversely affect him financially … Justice Betty King lets fly at Victorian authorities for dragging the chain in the case of a Ponzi fraudster … Victims left in the cold … Emilie Lentz reports