Family provisions … NSW CA … Client underwater … Awarded an extra $220,000 from mother’s estate with costs of over $403,000 … Law firm’s unsuccessful challenge to costs assessment, panel review and District Court decision … Everyone goes home in tears … Anthony Kanaan reports

Rising bills in solicitor’s uphappy wrestle with large law shop … The Chorley exception and life post-Chorley … Application “doomed to failure” … Heresy … Anthony-James Kanaan reports

Throttling … Cronulla love nest spirals out of control … Qantas hostie overturns District Court findings on red neck injuries inflicted by a boozed solicitor … Show cause … NSW Court of Appeal … Ginger Snatch reports