The justice business … Appeal admonitions … Sore bottoms for those lower down the chain of command … Nationwide lapses … Perfection proves elusive … Latest from Ginger Snatch
Gently does it
Judges Thursday, June 27, 2024New entrants for the Golden Snail … Reserved judgments … Latest tally for slothful delivery … From three years to 13 months … Well outside the acceptable timeframe … Ginger Snatch reports
Costs calamity
AROUND THE FIRMS Tuesday, June 25, 2024Family provisions … NSW CA … Client underwater … Awarded an extra $220,000 from mother’s estate with costs of over $403,000 … Law firm’s unsuccessful challenge to costs assessment, panel review and District Court decision … Everyone goes home in tears … Anthony Kanaan reports
It’s too late for the thylacine
PROCRUSTES Monday, June 17, 2024Procrustes closely analyses recent Justinian reports … The Ippster and Stella Liebeck … Tort law reform that went beyond the Pale … In Tassie, no one is allowed to speak for the forests … Standing up against State rule of the trees … Where’s Syd Shea when you need him?
Investigative journalism
Court in the Act Thursday, June 13, 2024Feature … 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
Blow delivered to Lonewolf magistrate
The Map Tuesday, June 11, 2024Quick contempt trigger in Launceston court … Procedural unfairness with a helping of apprehended bias … Memories of Judge Sal … Courtside at The Map … Errol Quoll reporting
Taking out the trash
PROCRUSTES Wednesday, June 5, 2024Migration … New directions for Direction 99 … Procrustes scrutinises the migration “debate” … Twaddle from the Coalition and News Corp … Duration of ties to Australia … Consideration of the best interests of small children … Preference given to home grown criminal class
Pecker problems
Roger Fitch Esq Tuesday, June 4, 2024Trump minting coin from his felony convictions … Toadies in the bleachers … Justice Alito flagging his proclivities … SCOTUS corrupted … Rule of lawlessness … More horrible judicial distortions in the pipeline … Roger Fitch files from Washington