God botherers unite … Litigation arm of the Australian Christian Lobby to fight for religious bigotry … Legal swat teams at the ready … God controls human rights, not the state … Naaman Zhou investigates
Cash registers for sale
Uncategorized Wednesday, September 28, 2016Contagion … NSW selling the land titles registry to private operators … Other states like the idea … A fortune awaits successful tenderers … Milking critical infrastructure … ASIC company database also on the block … Politicians ignore ACCC warning about mismanaged privatisations
Voyager litigation still afloat
Uncategorized Tuesday, September 27, 2016The never ending Forster-Voyager litigation … On and on it grinds … Latest wrap from Justin Pen … The Victoria solicitor has a partial win and two losses … Receivers recover 70 percent of their costs … Legal Services Board one step further along the road to strike-off case
A Paramount house of straw
Uncategorized Friday, September 23, 2016Ghost of Keddies … Phoenix-type arrangement … While clients are suing for breach of contract the principal puts one law firm into liquidation and recommences business with a new entity … Supreme Court orders principal to compensate clients for overcharging … Third party costs order … Justin Pen reports
Pork Pies from Gorgeous George
Uncategorized Thursday, September 22, 2016FOI documents reveal Attorney General Brandis fudged the facts about “consultations” with the Solicitor General … The truth withheld from parliamentary statement tabled by the AG … The attorney’s inaccurate denials … Brandis taking control of the process by which the SG provides opinions on questions of law to ministers, departments and agencies … Senate inquiry into AG’s actions and the truthfulness of his statements
Murphy’s Law
Uncategorized Friday, September 16, 2016Secret documents into allegations against former High Court Justice Lionel Murphy could be available after September 25 … Statutory embargo to end shortly … Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry into behaviour of Justice Murphy … Release of documents now subject to written authority of the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Reps … Last vestige of suppressed information is nigh
Brandis’ disclosure phobia
Uncategorized Thursday, September 8, 2016Full Federal Court decision in Brandis v Dreyfus FOI case explained by Alexi Polden … Brandis said it is a matter of principle to explore the “proper application” of the FOI Act … However, his case varied between the tribunal and the court … Full Feds not impressed with AG’s case
Vixit sees the rise of a new Boris
Uncategorized Thursday, September 8, 2016Victorian bar council plotting to pull out of the Law Council of Australia … Gentle academic enters the Phillip Street hornets’ nest … Timbo Carmody in Brisbane ethics fest