Tasmanian tax luminary goes down in land tax appeal … Properties held in trust and super fund … Back tax assessed … Incorrect classification as “principal residence” … Facts not law 

Court of Appeal throws out muddle-headed Law Society plea to suppress identity of “permanently” unfit solicitor … Offending solicitor’s name already online … Open justice … Public must not think lawyers get favourable treatment, even though they do … Janek Drevikovsky reports 

Curtains up for new court … FCFCOA is now upon us … A camel designed by Bookshelves Brandis … What can go wrong? … Two Wigs Willy down to one wig … Limited input from lawyers in development of blockbuster rules and directions … New titles … New registrars … A family lawyer writes  COMMENT: EMAIL: URL: I think Karsten might have helped with that one COMMENT: New “no publication” watermarked Judgements !
No more air tasking submissions 😧

Fear and uncertainty confront the Afghani legal profession … Lawyers, law and chaos … Kabul lawyer says his practice has been “suspended” … Women judges … Destruction of legal research work at the university … Return of a Sharia legal system … Lawyers and judges in flight 

Scoop … NSW’s 2021 list of senior counsel hopefuls … Annual festival plays out against wreckage wrought by the plague … Despair – Depression – And everything in-between … Exclusive … Data and details  COMMENT: May the best applicants win!

High Court’s tax guru overturned by the High Court … The final word on tax intricacies … Interests of justice and disclosure of assets … Running balance accounts and curly questions … Government looking for “reliability” 

Complaint about a lawyer’s delays, fees and cost agreements … Bureau de Spank finds complaint not entirely outside statutory limitation … Tas CJ throws out judicial review … Absurd situation … Anonymity … No contempt … The Map … Alan Zheng reports 

The Prothonotary v Campbell … The upstanding Tamworth lawyer who fell from grace … Law Society’s lame efforts at purging the profession … Plundering a deranged client’s wealthy estate … False swearing and perjury … Attempt to cover-up moral and ethical lapse … Greed got the better of an “unimpeachable” character