Harsh life for struck-off solicitor … A cult member who got onto pills and drugs … Liquor store robberies … A desire to return to prison … Court of Appeal thinks robbery is incompatible with legal practice … Forget rehabilitation, paying the Law Society’s costs is more important … Janek Drevikovsky reports 

ACT Supreme Court’s slow-coach judges … Even in retirement the suffering continues … Gone but not forgotten … Delays wreaking havoc on litigants … From Artemus Jones 

Liberal Party’s misleading tricks in Kooyong and Chisholm … Corflutes to heaven … Full Feds finds the dodgy signage didn’t swing enough votes to make a difference … Fresh meaning for the phrase “likely to mislead” … Judges tread wearily on political rorts … Christmas Eve judgment that deserves attention … Alan Zheng to the rescue 

A Christmas helping of apprehended bias from Judge Sal Vasta … More shouting, rudeness, anger, and overbearing conduct … Expense and delay as the case has to start again … Transcript … Judicial embarrassment … Sal’s sorry history 

Life’s tough at HWL Ebsworth … Salary partner booted by Juan when billings dropped … No need to have a meeting of equity partners … Benefit of incumbency vanishes … Court of Appeal chops the damages by 72% … Happy Christmas … Nathan Twibill reports on round two of the Martinez and Griffiths stoush 

Full-force campaign to derail investigative work by Fairfax journalists … Legal threats and PR spin … The Australian signed-up to the attack – in the process looking more than usually foolish … “Reputation” restoration based on fallacies … International corporate bribery specialists claim to be blackmailed … The flow of emails … Janek Drevikovsky reports 

WA barrister cannot represent his brother and their company in a fee dispute … Potential conflict of interest … Solicitor chasing money from counsel … Solicitor-barrister duo the team of choice for sub-contractors on many major projects in WA during the boom times … Sadly, now in court wresting over money … Jenek Drevikovsky reports 

Clive James bird’s-eye view from London on Marcus (The Mensch) Einfeld … The prisoner and the judge – repartee in the NSW Supremes … New silk by the yard …Master of the Rolls reflects on Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane … Policing NSW-style – “pull over driver” … Theodora reports