Jayne Jagot … A humble non-silk … She reached for the stars … A serious case of the smarts … Identified by Mark Dreyfus at least seven years ago … Significant judgments … High Court test in Chelmsford looming … Rarely without trousers … Theodora reports 

Appointments to AAT … Questions of constitutional invalidity … Pre-election Coalition gifts … Unsuitable appointments … Dreyfus responds … Former judges raise issues of legitimacy … Extended and overlapping terms … Theodora reports 

Department of bad looks … Defamation judge in WA refuses to step aside from a trial in which she had previously worked for the plaintiff’s counsel … Non-disclosure of prior working relationship … Cherry picking … Theodora reports 

Latest Simon Steward reversal … 6-0 finding by the High Court … Fourth time on the outer … What went wrong? … Selection process not up to scratch … Plus, the inquiry into Brother Scott’s multiple ministries … Fortunately, a retired member of the Saloon is available for the heavy lifting … Max Shanahan reports 

The war-torn justice system in Ukraine … Struggling to cope when courts are bombed … Judges and staff dislocated … Law firms shuttered … Expansion of state powers … War crimes … Collaboration with occupiers … Extraordinary circumstances … Max Shanahan reports 

A retired judge’s knotted feelings … The fox prevails over the eagle … Lingering discomfort … Disclosure of sexual orientation a requirement for Pat Keane’s lecture … Constitutional mysteries unpacked on YouTube … Theodora reports   COMMENT: Poor Mr. Dean, appears to be much like the Facebook and other social media pundits who actually think that people are interested in what they are doing or have to say without asking, and ,sadly, the few who are.
Johnnie Given
Retired Junior Barrister of no significance.

Throttling the judiciary in Kiribati … Appeal decision in favour of Justice David Lambourne … Open ended term not unconstitutional … Judicial “coup” … “Fraud upon the court” … High Court judges suspended … Role of China … Riley Brown reports COMMENT: I encourage all to read the written outline of submissions relied upon by Mr Batra in the Court of Appeal.

Queensland’s silk wannabes … Rollicking dinner to venerate Her Maj … Wigging and gowning … Keeping the motley alive in the Solomon Islands … Unsatisfactory conduct charge thrown out against barrister who blew the whistle on harassing judge … Twitter tutorial for lawyers