Law librarians and knowledge gurus being retrenched across the industry … DPP libraries not exempt from disruption … The Archbold v Blackstone’s stoush in the UK over criminal law services used at crown courts … Jade goes it alone … Nick Bonyhady reports from the silence of his law library 

Experienced Sydney tax lawyer loses out to the commissioner … Transactions were too ambiguous to be loans … Not enough detail to support the taxpayer’s claim … Nick Bonyhady reports from court-side  

Former Credit-Suisse boss gives The Australian access to emails which seek to put the Ozcar fee deal into context … Apparently, the emails were confidential then, but not now … When documents tabled in the senate are characterised as “leaks” … Treasury submission ignored in exculpatory “analysis”

Vlad the Impaler is used to dealing with problem gamblers … Brody Clarke’s betting plunge … $10 million of client’s money goes to the horses, allegedly … Who will make good the loss? … Time to change channels 

New innovation boss at fed courts … ACT bar stamps its tiny foot … Hot new entrant at Wardell … Hilton can’t shake Bucket’s legacy … NSW Judicial Commission expands its territory … Goings On, with Theodora 

Solicitor preferred paying lease fees for Merc and Beemer rather than paying his tax … Claim that as director of an incorporated legal practice a lawyer does not have a personal obligation to pay the firm’s tax bills … Cash flow problems … Louise Hall reports 

Bus conductor, shop steward, cricketer, solicitor, barrister, social justice campaigner, stirrer, judge … Being rude to a judge is not a contempt … Goodbye to Judge Bob Toner … Big send-off at Balmain Town Hall  COMMENT: It seems that a Brett Whiteley hand printed Bob Toner T shirt is about to emerge. Bob's campaign manager deposited various political documentation and ephemera with the State Library many years ago. The Library has agreed to forward the T shirt to the donor, which he will then present to Bob's family. Although Bob and I each easily fitted into those T Shirts in 1973, not so in more recent years.

Tom Kelly

The NSW Court of Criminal Appeal struggling with the term “private parts” … Child sex offences … When is a female “breast” not a female breast? … Sexualisation of children by repeat offender