Investigation into prosecution conduct at murder trial

Uncategorized    Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Murder conviction quashed … Acquittal verdict by CCA in the case of a refugee where vital evidence was not disclosed at trial by the prosecution … DPP orders an investigation into prosecution failures … Justin Pen reports from ringside 

 

Jockeying for silk in Queensland

Uncategorized    Sunday, September 4, 2016

QC season underway in Qld as barristers rush for royal bling … Sadly, the Queens Counsel bauble has failed to lift business at the Brisneyland bar  

 

A trifle made with chips

Uncategorized    Monday, August 29, 2016

Deaf man and pregnant wife denied sign language interpreter … Sandy Street dismisses disability discrimination application … Birth of a child equated to “buying a bag of chips”… Full Feds take action and overturn the decision on all grounds … Judge’s language gives rise to apprehensions of bias … Naaman Zhou reports from ringside 

 

Crack open the ginger beer

Uncategorized    Wednesday, August 24, 2016

Paisley snail case … Barristers get points for rewiring their cells … Broadspectrum chair brings more than business acumen to HDY 

 

Mapster protests against uniform bar rules

Uncategorized    Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Prominent Malthusian up-in-arms about Tasmania adopting the uniform bar rules … Tasmanian rules should be the national model … Infliction of an interstate monstrosity … “Sydney view of the legal world” … Much to recommend Chinese criminal justice … Push for special general meeting of the bar … Latest from The Map

 

Book Week

Uncategorized    Friday, August 19, 2016

The latest fiction from Ian Callinan … The latest facts on Timbo Carmody … Belvedere Woman – a tragic story about snobs in Brisneyland … Three academics tear the thin silk from Tim Carmody’s alabaster shoulder in a bodice ripper about his tortured tenure as chief justice  

 

Welcome to the 2016 silk season

Uncategorized    Thursday, August 11, 2016

NSW Bar … 101 applicants for silk in 2016 … As many as 12 are women … Full list for inspection … Scoop … Scoop … Scoop … Ginger Snatch reports 

 

High Court’s 12 point plan

Uncategorized    Friday, August 5, 2016

Fonting and spacing special leave submissions … Bar refers itself to the Bureau de Spank … McClintock SC opposes Inspector Dave’s scheme to defenestrate ICAC … Barristers Chambers Limited – a great consumer experience … Former Tas solicitor general Sealy knows a thing or two