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, 2022Lawn 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, 2022Mark 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, 2022Turnbull 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, 2022Polyamorous 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, 2022Federal 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, 2022Appointments 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, 2022Top 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