God and human rights

Uncategorized    Friday, September 30, 2016

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, 2016

Contagion … 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, 2016

The 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, 2016

Ghost 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, 2016

FOI 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, 2016

Secret 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, 2016

Full 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, 2016

Victorian 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