Supreme Court of NSW birches Law Society for bringing a misconceived misconduct allegation against a lawyer … Witnessing a signature for a child’s passport application … Failure to disclose relevant material … Jurisdictional error … Undue delay … Bureau de Spank gets spanked 

Melbourne briefs sue DLA Piper for fees … A large sum outstanding … Claim that barristers were only told after they had done the work that they could not be paid until the firm was paid by the clients … Action in the Federal Court 

UPDATE … Beazley P moves to Government House … Andrew Bell SC anointed as the new P … Various hopefuls shattered … Medical specialists rolling in it … Silly season in Adelaide … Theodora reports  

Fallout … Defamation case from 2000 that ran off the tracks … Legal stupidity … Excruciating manoeuvring … Bankruptcy … Delay … Despair … 18 years in the works … All in the ACT Supreme Court … Janek Drevikovsky on the case 

NT Law & Order Society chasing senior Darwin silk … Federal Court rejects stay of Law Society complaint against Alistair Wyvill SC … Ancient political saga … Wild ways of the Top End … Buffalo Bruce reports

South Australian CJ Chris Kourakis makes a well argued case why new QCs should not be appointed … It will weaken the independence of the legal profession, not enhance it … Judges oppose the bar’s QC agitation … Judges unlikely to facilitate any arrangement for monarchical post-nominals … Kourakis’ letter to the AG 

Aged care royal commission … Appointment schmozzle … Dick Tracey to the rescue … WA Supremes end up with an extra no-vowels judge