Former Adelaide footlights performer steps-up to new role as President of the Commonwealth Lawyers Association … Alex Ward also embroiled in history of the Australian Military Court … Kevin Childs on the case 

Application for Qld CJ to recuse himself for apprehended bias in Daniel Morecombe murder appeal … Close association with Braveheart’s campaigner … “Administrative error” by CJ results in court of appeal being misled … Carmody intercedes on behalf of a former client 

Supremes in Victoria and NSW make costs orders against solicitors for their misconduct in litigation … Costly time for Joseph Guss and Shane Neagle … “My Dad’s a solicitor and he always wins” … Watershed moments … Inappropriate and scandalous material … False allegations … Referral to the Law Society … Emilie Lentz reports 

Canberra man with alcohol struggle admitted to the jam roll with conditions attached … Concern that delay in his admission would adversely affect him financially … Justice Betty King lets fly at Victorian authorities for dragging the chain in the case of a Ponzi fraudster … Victims left in the cold … Emilie Lentz reports 

The NSW bar has complained about attacks on character referees for a convicted rapist … Minister condemns references as “appalling” … A rerun of the Patrick Power case … Contempt … Sticking-up for the offender versus sticking-up for the victim 

DPP in search of a “dynamic and realistic” direction … Rude signage upset crowns … Morgan Ryan sues over He Who Must Be Obeid … The “Little Mate”, aged 95, wants an expedited hearing  

Desperately needed new court complex for Adelaide scrapped in favour of bread and circuses … PPP for justice not delivering value for money … Judges and lawyers labour in Dickensian shame