A foul mouth was no barrier to success … It may well be now … How a lawyer and a law firm misunderstood their duty as employers … Lord Denning’s secretary verbally abused in Sydney … Nick Bonyhady reports on a different sort of new normal 

CEO of Vic Supremes being lured back to the federal courts … Fight on to keep Family Court CEO … Blasphemy expert sits tight at FCC … No money in the till for a better offer

Des Andersen QC’s death brings back memories of the heady days when corruption was off the leash … More new Yarraside silks than usual … Bar election in Qld in the final furlong

Judicial appointments Tasmanian style … Nudge, nudge … Greens’ accusation about favouritism inflames Willy Hodgman … News from The Map

Low level BAS drama for NSW brief … Tax obligations … Psychological reporting … Subeta Vimalarajah at the Bureau de Spank 

Bikie barrister put off the road … Memorising every page of the brief … No ticket, no trade … Licence cancelled … Subeta Vimalarajah reports

UPDATE … It’s NO again … Federal courts’ pay offer rejected … Strike action back on … Cases adjourned or delayed … Belated conciliation … Frustrated deadlock … People & Culture guru unable to break the deadlock 

Queensland bar election turmoil … Colditz replies … Cold shoulder for senate inquiry into contempt of court … Ructions in Adelaide as SA DPP flees bar association … Theodora reports