De Pfeffel fluffs it

Uncategorized    Thursday, July 7, 2022

Bye-Bye Boris … What took you so long … The end of the show for a show pony … The Queen faced with the Lascelles principles … Election not an option … Curious position for the Attorney General … Janek Drevikovsky reports from a chaotic Blighty 

 

More silence, less disturbance

Uncategorized    Thursday, July 7, 2022

Lawn Order … Governments take on environmentalists … Looking after workers by prosecuting them … Keeping everyone “safe” … Harsh new measures … Unintended consequences … Victoria, Tasmania, NSW, and UK … Max Shanahan reports on the latest crack-downs on protesters 

 

Labor’s law

Uncategorized    Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Mark Dreyfus’ agenda … A process of Demorrisonification … The NIC … Refenenda galore – The Voice, The Republic … Whistleblowing and other freedoms – Collaery, Assange … The quality of tribunal and commission appointments … High Court vacancies … Bureau chief Polly Peck reports from Canberra  COMMENT: "Formally, High Court appointments are made by the prime minister." Er, actually it's the Governor-General in Council (Constitution, s 72(i)).

 

The news

Uncategorized    Sunday, June 12, 2022

Turnbull and the poisoned fountain of justice … Doug Meagher and Costigan days remembered … Retired silk pushing for more speed to reduce the road toll … Lawyers and law v the public’s right to know … Fresh gongs … Theodora reports 

 

Love, New Zealand style

Uncategorized    Friday, June 10, 2022

Polyamorous relationships and property law … A single love triangle where “couple” means three … With diagrams … Winding up the polycule … Multi-partner relationships the new-new thing … Leave to appeal granted … Max Shanahan reports

 

Street Watch

Uncategorized    Friday, June 3, 2022

Federal judge spanked for running the case … Too much intervention … Judicial cross-examination … Rehearing … Start again … Also, allowance granted to AAT for “unattributed copying” … Two-third of a judgment lifted from a party’s submissions … Max Shanahan reports courtside  

 

AAT – a brief history of Coalition connections

Uncategorized    Thursday, May 26, 2022

Appointments to the AAT from the Brandis, Porter and Cash eras … 79 party connections identified … Deputy President again shows her political allegiance … Plenty of pork … Another senior member departing … Tabulation

 

The money grab for new grads

Uncategorized    Wednesday, May 25, 2022

Top tier law shops … Soaring pay packets for law graduates … Salaries hit $100k for fresh recruits … Instagram survey … Pay secrecy and inequality … Social media collects the numbers … Henry Chen has the data