Perth’s eponymous law shop’s fat fees shaved … Animal rights defamation case … Nothing missing in tax returns from defendant’s OnlyFans earnings … Misuse of absolute privilege … Sandy Groper reports

Fresh delays … Slow boats … Justice Jenni’s benchmark for lateness … Reynolds v Higgins – court says we can have a redacted affidavit but don’t publish it … Sandy Groper reports

Reynolds v Higgins … Protective trust … Implied Harman undertakings insufficient to stop plaintiff’s leaks to the media … Patsy “journalists” engaged in harassment of the defendant … Strong defence pleadings … NACC and Integrity Commission investigation into Sofronoff leaks … Sandy Groper reports from Perth

The Farmer, the Oligarch, the Ombudsman and the Lawyer … The Rev. Christian Porter is on a roll at WA’s Bar ‘n’ Grill … The sanctioned Russki … The globetrotting Ombudsman … The sacred Rainbow Serpent … Sandy Groper reports