The NSW bar’s senior counsel mechanism… A club with no rule of law … Smoke and mirrors … Failed applicants led up the garden path … Distortions imposed by secrecy … Sydney barrister, silk applicant and litigant against the bar association, David Smallbone, explains   COMMENT:

Hobart law shop issued disgraceful defamation letter to young victim of sexual harassment … Defamation bluster … Abuse of power imbalance … Effect on emotional wellbeing … Aggravated damages … Max Shanahan reporting 

The integrity wars continue … ICACs everywhere under assault … South Australian politicians eviscerate the state’s anti-corruption body … Strange timing … Looking after the patch … Attorney General investigated over possible conflicts  

NSW bar … Covid creates a different world for barristers … Can it ever be the same again? … Clinging on … The chambers model’s uncertain future … Expenses trimmed … Curate’s egg … Some parts thriving … Younger briefs need helping hands … JJJ hearings 

NSW cabinet changes … Dutch reformist in ascendency … Anti-corruption firebrand chafing in the nether region … Judicial recognition of the Taliban … New eftpos machine arrives in Hobart … Angelo Vasta RIP … Rule of law hysterics about ICAC … Theodora reports 

NT policeman charged with murder of Indigenous man … High Court to hear special leave and appeal together … Core functions of police force … Protection for civil or criminal acts committed by police … How far does police protection run? … “Unjustified” trial delay … Anna Kretowicz reports

Shocking case of protracted lying to a client … Tasmanian misconduct … Unconscionable delays … Failure to commence workers compensation proceedings for five years … Elaborate pretence … Desperation … Other troubles … Farewell to the jam roll 

An abundance of caution … Porter sunk and lost on the “fit and proper” standard … The politician who shot himself in both knees … End is nigh … Previous explanations full of holes … More about the trust