Legislation designed to make it harder to record and report episodes of cruelty to animals … Cockies Corner in the box seat … Also, barrister Judy Bornstein appointed to the dish-lickers board as part of a move to clean-up greyhound racing rackets … Polly Peck with the hottest political news 

Ama Somaratna reviews the latest batch of cases from the Bureau de Spank … Litigation folly where costs overwhelm a deceased estate … Adelaide high-flyer borrows from Peter to pay Paul … For five years an old solicitor plied his trade without a ticket 

Nothing lasts forever … Not even being struck off for having “personal relationships” with clients in jail … South Australian solicitor readmitted after 11 years de-rolled … Telling pork-pies to correctional officers … Legal visits became improper visits 

NSW Department of Justice wants to hijack the staff of the New South Wales Law Reform Commission … The commission, as we know and love it, would cease to exist … Independent law reform reporting threatened … LRC starved of work and withering on the vine  

James Ashby and Harmers fail in lunge for Commonwealth to pay costs of proceedings against former Speaker, Peter Slipper … The latest, and maybe final, chapter in one of the nation’s grubbiest political escapades 

Government claims it is leading the way in releasing children from detention … In fact, the Abbott government held children in detention more than six times longer than Labor … Release only speeded-up after senators blackmailed to pass amendments to the Migration Act … A look at the HRC’s disturbing findings 

Defamatorium … Defamation action by Gold Coast lawyers against the former premier and conveyancer general … Identification … Lawyers in general … Bikie lawyers specifically … Doorstops where the door slams in the the major’s face … Defence prepared by solicitor general, who usually advises the government about ongoing indemnity? 

Winner of the Thawley prize channels Dyse in tone and ideology … Essay about keeping wretched bureaucrats in their place so freedom may blossom … Keep an eye on this Dyson duplicate