You are the lawyer … Sydney property drama … Solicitor who didn’t realise party to the sale of a property was also his client … Duty of care was owed … Retainer … NSW Court of Appeal lays down the law on requirement for lawyers to “step outside” a matrimonial dispute … Gabrielle Hunter reports
Pre-election knee-jerk
Uncategorized Friday, April 5, 2019Government’s rushed web-cleansing operation … Failure to consult, the exception being News Corp … Massive penalties for online “providers” of abhorrent material … Vague and unsatisfactory law … Moses issues tablets … Powerless to stop terrorist atrocities but trying to stop people looking at them … Janek Drevikovsky looks closely at the latest in the anti-terror arsenal
Torpid town
Uncategorized Friday, April 5, 2019Judgments along the Molonglo move at a trickle … Retired ACT Supreme Court judge still sitting on six reserved judgments … Some decisions reserved four-five years ago … A two-year-old case gets a rapid fire burst of decision-making … The backlog should be cleared in a couple more years … Artemus Jones reports
Another cup of tea, bishop?
Uncategorized Thursday, April 4, 2019Memories, memories … What the victim said to the bishop … The wraps come off the Bishop Wilson appeal … Fence-sitting by the Godly … Fallibility of victim’s memory greater than that of a bishop who did not report child sex abuse … Gabrielle Hunter reports
Family court scheme goes down the gurgler
Uncategorized Wednesday, April 3, 2019Budget night … Porter can’t get the family courts legislation through the senate … Crumbs off the table for the legally aided … Lumps of money for the government’s proposed Integrity Commission … Plus follow-up money for ASIC and ARPA to get stuck into the bankers … Janek Drevikovsky reports from lock-up land
Top notch team for Timor Leste defence
Uncategorized Tuesday, March 26, 2019Silken beauties on the ticket for Collaery and Witness K “national security” trial … Major law and justice commitment missing from NSW election campaign … Judges in South Australia withdraw from SC appointments as QC proposal flounders … Leading players will be absent from the Geoffrey Rush judgment … Theodora reports
Mothers’ Day alarums and excursions
Uncategorized Monday, March 25, 2019Nine and Fairfax … Lawyers suing their client’s journalists … Messy loose end of the takeover now sorted … Lawyer makes unfounded allegations on behalf of his defamation client … “A massive unit” … Clarity, detail and accuracy missing in action
Family strife
Uncategorized Friday, March 22, 2019Latest Family Court appointments … Friends in high places … The Abbott connection … Grumbling in the ranks … AG Porter tinkering at the edges … D-Day for FCFCA legislation … Law Council gets out the slingshot … Janek Drevikovsky reports