Darwin’s close-knit law and justice patch … Leading Darwin silk complains to the Judicial Commission about the conduct of a NT Supreme Court judge … Finding that it was reasonably open to suspect the judge of being “politically partisan” and bearing malice … Role of chief justice … Fallout from flawed Stella Maris investigation … Buffalo Bruce reports COMMENT: Amazing stuff! Like, who in their right mind would EVER agree to waive the right to procedural fairness? COMMENT: The High Courts Octiber 2021 judgement in Charisteas had some interesting things to say about Judges and how to deal with apprehended bias. It would be interesting to see what they had to say about a Judge ruling on issues relating to his wife.

Authorities back off newspaper ban for Crow Eating prisoners … Madam Cash stars in ABA divine comedy … Court orders law shop to pay the money back … Vic’s new silks required to keep their hands to themselves … Job swap in Phillip Street … Theodora reports 

AAT … Liberal appointment makes a hash of it … Failed to engage with submissions … Misapplication of the law … Start again … Pre-election festival of appointments … 12 years after a compensation claim was filed there’s still no final determination … Obstruction and errors  COMMENT: I think she was invalided – not invalidated – out of the APS. COMMENT: Thanks David. Typos are part of Justinian's house style. But this one is now fixed.

Human rights are far too flakey for this regime … Captains’ picks undermine the independence of the Human Rights Commission … Global assessment body asks for a proper selection process … Shameful B-status looms … Labor Party changes shoes on the Collaery case … Affront to the rule of law … Lectures burned at UTas law school … Theodora reports 

NSW … March of the state … Regulatory paralysis of the right to protest … Law n’ Order … Roads, bridges, tunnels, smelters, steelworks, ports, coal-fired power stations – all out of bounds … Perrottet and pals take on the activists … Max Shanahan reporting 

Barrister with personality issues … Plying the trade while unticketed … Multiple breaches … Nose thumbed at authority of the court … Criminal contempt … Janek Drevikovsky reports  COMMENT: NSW judges juggling miscreant briefs … Poor, desperate-for-work Rollison gets a suspended jail sentence for trading without one of the guild's licences … The "suck my dick barrister" who harassed an assistant clerk at drunken dinner gets a free pass and his identity suppressed for 20 years … https://justinian.com.au/news/its-christmas-for-sexually-harassing-brief.html Ed. COMMENT: Surely you have not missed the lawyers at war etc in the Stanizzo case?

It has been headline time for Vlad the Impaler … Esteemed employee struck off the jam roll … Atanaskovic Hartnell even wanted to charge the client for tracking his stolen money … Then there was the Elizabeth Kelly case … The bully division … Fear of managing partner’s tendency to “denigrate” and hold “grudges” … Max Shanahan and Henry Chen report

Former judge’s associate wants compensation … Relationship with judge … Claims she was ashamed and humiliated after Supreme Court intervention … Court process likely to be examined by equal opportunity authority … Judges’ discomforted by unfortunate turn of events … From our Tasmanian Affairs desk