Global round-up of judicial misbehaviour … The USA, Canada, Nigeria, UK and Brazil … Judges indicted, expelled and sent to the star chamber … Money, sex and stupidity the main cause of judicial ruin … Justin Pen reports

Brandis trying to remember whether he got a fee discount from his AAT selection … Grim reaper sweeps up George Masterman and former forensic medicine man … Tickets for Sydney Grill Room elections … Can former judges still be QCs? … Proper finery for attendees at Melbourne jamboree … And for High Court judges 

Attorney General Brandis is likely to survive this latest manifestation of his ineptitude … Control freak attorney general damaged … Parliamentary committee a circus … Solicitor General Gleeson assisted by the performance of Coalition warthogs … Legal Services Direction faces revocation … SNAFU 

NSW Ombudsman takes aim at legislative changes to police conduct oversight regime … New legislation lets coppers off the hook … Limited power for Law Enforcement Conduct Commission to investigate serious misconduct and serious maladministration … Police can determine the level of independent oversight … Rebecca Wong reports 

Fink’s report on Vixit … Discontent with Law Council’s travel expenditure … Conferenceville … Victorian Bar wants more LCA money spent on barristers’ problems … No plan B for the Leave case 

Quite clear that attorney general George Brandis misled the parliament … Consultations about quite different matters … Meaning of the word “counsel” … Meaning of the Law Officers Act … Out-of-context and twisted selection of parts of a letter from the solicitor general … Brandis’ dishonesty  

Litigation funder skates round non-compete agreement … OK to reach out to former “client” but not a former “Client” … Where Upper and lower case clash in the field of battle … Solicitation without direct dealing … No contempt … Naaman Zhou reports 

Former Qld CJ running-up legal bills in defence of his reputation … Light workload at QCAT … Carmody does everyone a favour and bows out of contention for top tribunal job … Sir Terence O’Rort reports