More on the omnishambles … Holes in Justice Lee’s Lehrmann findings on truth … Natural and ordinary meaning of the word “rape” … Disappearance of the ordinary reasonable reader/viewer … Graham Hryce comments on arguable appeal points
Dark and Stormy times in the US of A
Roger Fitch Esq Tuesday, May 7, 2024The MAGA Supreme Court … Conservative judges flirt with absolute presidential immunity … A reconfigured Constitution … Trump’s intimidation of witnesses and jurors in NY election fraud case … Jury deadlocked in Abu Ghraib torture case … Roger Fitch’s Letter from Washington
Around town
Goings On ..., Theodora Thursday, May 2, 2024Punctuation advice from Vic’s bar … Feds throw the book at library marriage … Treacherous shallows in heterosexual discrimination legislation … Another scalp in compulsory ticketing regime … Quick Sandy and the unassisted Tamil … Hands up for silk in Aotearoa … Theodora’s latest rounds
Other Voices, Other Rooms
Bar Talk Tuesday, April 30, 2024Hack attack on barrister … Heavy-handed Jewish lobby calling the shots … No support from chambers … Eerie silence from professional bodies about Gaza atrocities … Latest cancellations … Free speech in a spin … From our Editorial Board
Great contributions to litigation
Obit Friday, April 26, 2024Tribute to the hopeless litigant … Vito, vitare, vitavi, vitatus … Vexatious fighter moves to another jurisdiction … Trail of exasperation and failure … End of a headache … From our Ringside Reporter
Bennett birched by WA Bureau de Spank
Bar Talk Wednesday, April 24, 2024Perth big shot … Professional misconduct … Disclosure of privileged information … Guardianship proceedings … Breach of orders … Conscious disregard of the law … Consideration of recklessness … Breach of Harman obligation … Anthony Kanaan reports
Judges on the tear
Judges Friday, April 19, 2024Priceless … District Court chief judge takes a bow on the way out … Leading lights of the law clamouring for bottles of Chateau d’ Price … Justice David Hammerschlag goes to the movies … New release out now … Theodora does the rounds
An omnibus of quotes
Judges Thursday, April 18, 2024Justice Lee and his Thesaurus … Referencing the references … Context and history … The underlying warp and weft … Words and meaning … Byways of language … Associate of judges Miss Ginger Snatch reports