Filibuster on Bell questions at senate estimates … Judicial developments at The Map … Tidball – there’s a song in his heart … Worthwhile cause of the week 

Where are we with the other Royal Commission – the one on the detention of children in the Northern Territory? … Murdoch hacks furiously critical of the commission – so it must be on the right track … Reporting on crocodiles a top priority … Has the legal profession been too comfortable about youth injustice in the NT? … Daniel Ahern reports 

Federal copper who stalked his former girlfriend meets himself coming around corners … Various irreconcilable explanations in his applications for admission as a legal practitioner … ACT one day, Queensland the next … The naked photo … Catherine Holmes CJ gets to the bottom of it, as explained by Sohini Mehta 

Three recent family law cases explore the nebulous area of solicitor-client relationships …  Termination of retainer in protracted litigation … Solicitors required to hand over hundreds of boxes to new lawyers … Lien over the fruits of the litigation … Breach of trust in distribution of house sale proceeds … Solicitor whacked with indemnity costs …  The secretary who moved firms, but without the client’s confidential information … Sohini Mehta reports 

Paralegal firm nudges aside solicitors … Scottish government sued by former head of child sex abuse inquiry … British barrister’s Twitter tirades … Offshore developments  

 

Lawyers acting in their own cause and reaping the rewards in the process …  Judges taking a dim view of lawyer inspired money-making litigation …  Abuse of process … Charging fees to yourself … The Chorley exception on appeal … Daniel Ahern examines some recent cases 

Busy managing partner pumps out the commentary in a prolific stream of articles … While many journalists are desperate to get into law we find a lawyer who’s bursting to write

Supreme Court’s broad restraining order against Amber Harrison … Rest of the media threatened by Channel 7 with dire consequences if they report any of Amber’s comments, even nice ones … Media company specialising in skewering victims and broadcasting salacious exposés now demands a cone of silence