Farrell fallout … Outstanding work … Rares to the rescue … Costs certificates for all … Big NSW CA case on exorbitant costs and the court’s jurisdiction to relieve lawyers of money that isn’t theirs … For whom the Bell tolls … From Ginger Snatch, Associate of Judges  

Elephant stamps for best in class … The silk snafu … Multiple winners from the same chambers … Secret process for silk selection … Smoke and mirrors … Inside track at the Bar ‘n’ Grill 

Former ferry master moves on from the Federal Court to hot seat at ICAC … Baseball bat bruising for Shane Drumgold … Torpor judges out West … Brandis and Pezzullo – a marriage made in heaven … Trogs frothing at Vic’s Bar … Goings On with Theodora  COMMENT:

Judge failed to disclose to a defamation defendant her working relationship with the plaintiff’s counsel … Non recusal upheld on appeal with help from the fair minded lay observer – who was not in possession of all the facts … Fair minds and bad looks … Sandy Groper reports

Across the Nullarbor … Another judicial delay … Appeal against failure to recuse in defamation case … Apprehension of bias … Insufficient disclosure of tribunal member’s connection with a complainant in barrister’s fees case … Disharmony in siblings estate dispute … Groper’s latest bulletin 

Late night harbourside with briefs from Level 22 … Big birthday bash with style … Different memories of Alan Jones’ schooldays … Walker boys in the classroom and on the oval … Theodora reports

Report into South Australia’s Office of DPP paints a grim workplace picture … Undervalued, underpaid and unhappy … Lack of rising talent … Too many cases … Stress and rudeness … No one is listening … Ariana Haghighi reports 

ACT attorney general says the separation of powers doesn’t apply in his toy town kingdom … Acceptable for judicial and non-judicial roles to overlap … High Court rulings not directly applicable in the territory … Polly Peck reports