Tasmanian solicitor put off the tracks after failing to hand over her client file on a case before the coroner … Strange happenings in Van Diemen’s Land … Who killed Rita Greer? … Nick Bonyhady reports 

Filling the heads of young students with an out-and-about view of the law … Working in groups … ABA’s expensive knees-up in Canberra … Immaculate conception of Queensland queenies … Christian Porter takes off his clothes

Crocodile obsessed Top End tabloid skewers a judicial reptile … Judge Greg Borchers and bullying from the bench … Scoops aplenty as the tribe tries to close ranks … From Buffalo Bruce

NSW bar forces senior crown prosecutor to backtrack on directive about the conduct of trials and sentencing hearings … Documents leaked … A prosecutor’s duty … Telegraph misreporting … Law n’ Order beat-up … Resignation 

NSW government expenditure on lawyers … Production of new legislation slows … Keeping shtum on the Suspect Target Management Plan … AG and bar in barney over criminal trial delays … Lies, damned lies and statistics 

Phone hacking the royals has a long history … Prince Charles’ 1981 calls from Australia back to Lady Di in London were taped by a group of conspirators looking for ways to sideline Malcolm Fraser’s plan for Charles to become GG … From our Royal correspondent Prunella Faux 

Lawyers teetering on the edge … Legal aid commissions and other agencies have been slow to grapple with traumatised lawyers handling child sexual assault cases … The mental wreckage is more widespread that we like to think … Sara Tomevska reports on a workplace war zone