The taxonomy of professional misconduct

Uncategorized    Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Those wretched BASs … A barrister drowning in tax, tax and more tax … Drinking … Health issues … General disorganisation … The full nine yards … Peta Leigh reports 

 

No Paris hat for these Harris pats

Uncategorized    Friday, July 21, 2017

(Apologies to Cole Porter) … Leverhulme assembles the data to try and make sense of Rolf Harris’s criminal trials … Three trials … Guilty of 12 indecent assaults … 5 years, 9 months in pokey … Lengthy jury deliberations … London Calling 

 

Falling foul of the junta

Uncategorized    Thursday, July 20, 2017

Top appeals judge in Thailand fails anticipated elevation to the country’s number one judicial position … Drug cases and anti-corruption decisions thwarted his career path …  From Alex Mitchell in Bangkok 

 

Top End law

Uncategorized    Saturday, July 15, 2017

Slap on the wrist for Darwin lawyer of “exemplary character” … Guilty plea to cocaine bust … Stellar references … Great sporting ability … Subeta Vimalarajah courtside 

 

New game of thrones

Uncategorized    Saturday, July 15, 2017

Allens says the NSW Law Society is on firm ground in moving to dump a member of its executive … Demand for procedural fairness … Motion to sack on hold until injunction resolved 

 

Open and shut justice

Uncategorized    Tuesday, July 11, 2017

Keeping the profession in good repute by covering-up the names of lawyers in disciplinary proceedings … SA judge goes through the balancing act of deciding what’s best – redaction or open justice … Redaction wins

 

Costs immunity for court’s little helper

Uncategorized    Tuesday, July 11, 2017

Prez of the Qld CA explains the history of barristers, their admissions, the role of the court in the functions of the profession … From pleaders, narrators, attorneys, benchers, serjeants-at-law, inns of court … 800 years compressed into a blistering 46 paragraphs … It’s all about an application for costs … Subeta Vimalarajah reporting 

 

Shopping centre drug wars

Uncategorized    Monday, July 10, 2017

Shopping centre stoush over location of chemist shops … Federal Court judge critical of dodgy plan to weave around the labyrinthine rules that apply to the location of pharmacies … False and misleading information drafted by solicitor … Peta Leigh reports