Tom-toms from Brisbane’s Bugle … A story without context … “ALP buddies on the bench” … Mix-master on top speed … The other side of politics even more culpable … Merit and the Old Mates Act 

The Russian judiciary … How the Kremlin tamed the judges … Rule of the state is the same as the rule of law … Artful selection of the “right” people … The Kremlin always wins …  Londongrad and rivers of looted rubles 

Another top flight management executive leaves the AAT … Staff attrition … Morale and harmony unravelled by political picks … Review of selection process … Accountability … Polly Peck reports 

The war in Ukraine crashes head-on into NSW’s ICAC … The Tamil on fire … Analogies stretched … Weird newspaper column … Important bits missing … The Law of Rulers goes troppo 

The new chief justice of Queensland … Biographical details … Empathy and smarts … From legal secretary to lead singer with the Supremes … Sir Terence O’Rort reports from Brisbane 

Sleaze on the bench … Wandering hands … Half-baked apologies from sexually harassing judges … Professional boundaries violated … Claim that investigations not legitimate … Hiding behind legal mumbo jumbo … The penny that never drops 

God cancels judges’ birthdays … Freedom from religious violence … Victorian barristers told to be nice to each other … Pole positions for NSW CJ … Judge whacks silk for unworthiness … Theodora reports 

Silk gets unreserved by Map eatery … Brain drain at Syd’s Bar ‘n’ Grill … The ACT’s reserve bin … Theodora reports