Justice Ian Harrison in the NSW Supremes dismisses apprehended bias application … Facebook posts by judge’s tipstaff … Claim made by family values applicant that HH’s associate supports gay rights … Battle with a noted sexual equality campaigner … Purple pride … Jurisdictional issue … Finding that cases are decided by judges, not their staff 

Polly Peck delves into the salmagundi of law & justice policies on offer by the two major parties … May 18 election … Policies that have been missing in action during the campaign … Rights … Integrity Commissions … Family law reform … Judicial and quasi-judicial appointments … Legal aid … Indigenous Australians … Prosecuting Banks and finance companies … Whistleblower protections … Catching more crims … Take your pick 

Reef coral opinions bleached … Fresh from spankings by the Full Family Court, Judge Vasta rides to the rescue of a sacked professor … Lengthy judgment without citing a single authority or precedent … Sal turns his hand to intellectual freedom … Janek Drevikovsky reports 

South Australian briefs opt for royal plumage … Fail, pass, fail, appeal, sue … The Herbert Smith Freehills candidate’s unhappy time qualifying for a right of audience in the higher courts of the UK … Latest word from Bridie … Qld solicitor general turns people green … Jobs galore … Bottom pinching assault sorted … Theodora reports 

Pseudonym order granted to prominent lawyer and pillar of society accused of jilting his extra mural lover … Salacious claims … Embarrassment … Trespass to the body … Battery … Nervous shock … Jane Doe v XYZ in the Vic Supremes … Janek Drevikovsky reports 

Hateful business … Post-Christchurch … Post-Colombo … Australia starved of nationwide information and data about the extent of hate crimes … Lack of a strategic approach by law enforcement, even as abuse of minorities is rising … USA and UK comparisons … Janek Drevikovsky gets to grips with the problem of assembling a national database of hatred, harassment and threats 

Costs for impecunious Don Dale prisoners … Use of tear gas to quell rioting youngsters … NT appeal judges reverse themselves on awarding costs against impecunious litigants and, in the process, preempt a High Court appeal from the territory on the very same topic … Top End law ‘n’ order … Buffalo Bruce reports 

Great speech at the Free Willy show … Judicial appointment in the mail … Temple of Federal Justice on hold … ALRC family law recommendations and their political implications … A letter from Perth