The law and its miracles … Party allies selected for judicial elevation in Qld … Justice Jenni Hill’s brother … More entries for the Golden Tortoise award … Federal Court muddles the maths, again … Theodora reports …
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The End Of The Affair … Lord Moloch’s bid for more Fox News fans … The Wall Street Journal rallies the MAGA base …Will the old rogue abandon his journalists? … Is “bawdy” the right word here? … The Deep State plumbs the depths … John and Stanley Roth’s generosity to loving causes … Read on >>
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Suing for defamation - it's such a good idea ...Federal Court of Australia ... Sydney barrister loses bid for extension of time to bring appeal over decision allowing Giles George to intervene to seek an equitable lien over costs ... Falling out between barrister and firm after successful defamation action ... No error or procedural unfairness ... ... Stephen Murray thinks out loud ... Read more >>
Commissioner of Police v Joshua Lees ... Justice Belinda Rigg's Palestinian Action Group decision has now been posted ... Over 100,000 cross the Sydney Harbour Bridge on Sunday ... Confusing police alerts during the march gave the impression there was an unsuccessful attempt by the cops to derail the protest ... ... Read more >>
Postcard from London ... Summertime - And the living' is easy ... Votes for 16-year olds ... Paralegal's theft by pen ... Spy helping British intelligence from his job at Border Force ... Super-injunction comes out of the shadows ... Feed them strawberries and cream ... Floyd Alexander-Hunt files from Blighty ... Read more >>
"I've stopped six wars in the last - I'm averaging about a war a month. But the last three were very close together. India and Pakistan, and a lot of them. Congo was just and Rwanda was just done, but you probably know I won't go into it very much, because I don't know the final numbers yet. I don't know. Numerous people were killed, and I was dealing with two countries that we get along with very well, very different countries from certain standpoints. They've been fighting for 500 years, intermittently, and we solved that war. You probably saw it just came out over the wire, so we solved it ..." President Donald Trump at a meeting in Scotland with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer ... July 28, 2025 ... Read more >>
Home Duties ... The dumping of Attorney General Mark Dreyfus ... Behind the scenes ... Bastardry among the brothers ... Unfinished business ... Family law, privacy ... Considerable policy and legislative results ... Here's Michelle Rowland as AG ... What are her priors? ... Polly Peck reports from the Gallery ... Read more >>
Abolish Silks ... Sydney SC writes to the editor calling for abolition of the silk system ... Appointments are anachronistic ... It's not a matter of ability, only notability ... Secret blackballing ... "Corrupt" process ... Confessions from an insider who played the game ... From Justinian's Archive, October 24, 2002 ... Read more >>
Hourly rates for celebrity reputation repair shop … Uplift and away … What it costs to win … Stand off in “shameful” case … Commercially sensitive exhibit revealed … Report from judges’ associate Ginger Snatch
Lawyer sued over waste of time and money for unsuccessful defence … Obligation to warn … Failure to read documents – unwise, but not negligent … Client disabused of false expectations … Lawyer in the clear … Anthony Kanaan reports