Rude barrister rapped on knuckles by appeal judges in tennis tripping case … Kew Golf Club wanted Melbourne barristers removed from a tree accident case because they might have to give evidence 

Money lent to son by parents gives rise to a legal relationship … Court orders nearly $300,000 be returned to parents who kept forking out to their offspring … No need for ledgers … Peta Leigh on the case 

Law graduate dismissed by firm … Fair Work Commission finds that unpaid PLT does not count towards a “minimum employment period” … No unfair dismissal protections for intern who morphed into an employee … Peta Leigh examines the traps for young players 

Federal courts’ staff go all-blue collar … Court bruvvers and sisters united in walk out … Darrin, please explain … Rerun for Jeff Phillips at bar elections … Devious theories behind the Pascoe appointment … Theodora’s Goings On …

Same-sex marriage … “Equality” and “discrimination” are the themes adopted by most of the professional law bodies around the country … It’s difficult for lawyers to argue against equality … Instead, timid lawyers stay schtum … Portraits in nervousness … Here’s our survey of how the bars and law societies have got to grips with a proposed change to the Marriage Act 

A string of lapses, failings and breaches see Melbourne solicitor put off the track for nine months … A lack of insight … Bankruptcy … Madeline White follows the chaotic trail 

How to rob a bank with a ball-point pen … A long and expensive fraud results in the inevitable – an order for striking off … Bogus loan applications … Ponzi scheme … Victoria’s most expensive case of fraud and deception … Luan Whitworth on the case 

Pulling up the anchor at Slater & Gordon … Where are the silken crime briefs? … Bulletin from The Map … Language of the law … Human right to use the court’s bathroom … Theodora reports