Sir John Kerr’s correspondence in the High Court … Submissions in the Archives case … Commonwealth property or personal property … What is being hidden? … Accessing governor general’s letters about the sacking of the Whitlam government … Bret Walker v Stephen Donaghue … Alan Zheng sifts through the paperwork 

Bad tempered Madge ticked-off in the Queensland District Court … Misunderstanding basic legal requirements on multiple occasions … Fundamental errors … Flawed costs order … Inappropriate behaviour from the bench … Petulant sprays … Sucking eggs … The works … Ginger Snatch reports 

Justice Debra Mortimer goes to town on “certain Federal Circuit Court judges” who make it a “common practice” to deliver written reasons after the appeal time has expired … Canine court “interactions” … Tasmanian briefs lured by the idea that life will be better if the royal trinket is reinstated … Theodora reports 

Harsh life for struck-off solicitor … A cult member who got onto pills and drugs … Liquor store robberies … A desire to return to prison … Court of Appeal thinks robbery is incompatible with legal practice … Forget rehabilitation, paying the Law Society’s costs is more important … Janek Drevikovsky reports 

ACT Supreme Court’s slow-coach judges … Even in retirement the suffering continues … Gone but not forgotten … Delays wreaking havoc on litigants … From Artemus Jones 

Liberal Party’s misleading tricks in Kooyong and Chisholm … Corflutes to heaven … Full Feds finds the dodgy signage didn’t swing enough votes to make a difference … Fresh meaning for the phrase “likely to mislead” … Judges tread wearily on political rorts … Christmas Eve judgment that deserves attention … Alan Zheng to the rescue 

A Christmas helping of apprehended bias from Judge Sal Vasta … More shouting, rudeness, anger, and overbearing conduct … Expense and delay as the case has to start again … Transcript … Judicial embarrassment … Sal’s sorry history 

Life’s tough at HWL Ebsworth … Salary partner booted by Juan when billings dropped … No need to have a meeting of equity partners … Benefit of incumbency vanishes … Court of Appeal chops the damages by 72% … Happy Christmas … Nathan Twibill reports on round two of the Martinez and Griffiths stoush