Vic Appeals says that “infelicitous” remarks from the trial judge were not unfair … Trial judge is “not trying to be unhelpful”, yet undermines defence counsel … Murder case where the jury sees the judge poo-poo the defence … Failure to be circumspect … Summing-up miscarries the entire show … Court orders another round … Ginger Snatch reports 

The month of May brings out the best of the bench … Shifty agency running the NDIS scheme … Breakthrough … The Full Feds say that a sex worker/therapist should be funded for a woman with a serious disability … In NSW the CA makes adoption orders affecting a young Aboriginal woman … Justice Leeming writes to her directly … From judges’ associate, Ginger Snatch 

What has been the fate of open justice during a time of closed courts? … Remote access for reporters … Technical issues … Costumes and clothes … Freezing video links … Wrong names … Twiddling of thumbs … Smooth operators at the Fed … Nail bars, beauty salons and courts slowly open their doors, yet e-justice is here to stay … Janek Drevikovsky explores 

A city in semi-lockdown grieves for big swinging solicitor … Costs battle against former client goes down the gurgler … Conflict of interest … Work under retainer adverse to clients interests … Unsanitisable activities … Solicitors expected to honour their word … Janek Drevikovsky reports  

Striking off … Francis Burt alumnus sent packing … Murder and defamation trials followed by disciplinary proceedings … A gruelling 13-year grind through the courts … The final lap uncontested … Wife illegally recorded … No legal professional privilege … Telling pork pies to the court … Janek Drevikovsky explains  

Cluster news … Government panel firms – who got what … CJ v AG – further Torrenside tensions … Entrapping hookers … New broom at the Federal Court … Court’s own breach of the Migration Act … Pre-virus hand-washing advice from Hobart … Fresh entry in Hamill J’s catalogue of catchwords and citations … Theodora reports 

Torts … Justice Ian Harrison throws out intimidating solicitor’s malicious prosecution case and awards damages to former client … Client sexually assaulted by her lawyer … Who to believe … Poisonous relationships … Unstructured and discursive submissions … Barrister at sea … Alan Zheng on the case 

The law of torts … Damages awarded for assault, battery and false imprisonment in a Sydney brothel … Judicial trigger warning for sensitive readers … Blacklisting … Fellatio … Nudity … Expletives … Kicking … The works … Janek Drevikovsky reports on a fracas