Gabrielle Upton is the new attorney general for NSW … A well pressed and well ordered product of the Brigidine nuns … Backed by some big guns in the Liberal Party her rise in politics has been swift … Alex Mitchell traces her journey through corporate law, investment banking, New York, and ultimately to the frontbench of the bearpit 

NT Supreme Court hands down judgment in which the president of the NT bar association is accused of sanctioning false statements to a commission of inquiry … Politics Darwin style … Tactics backfire badly in an attempt to ignore political inquiry into former government  

The Poet and the Beast … Incendiary speech from well-respected retiring Queensland Supreme Court judge … Banana Benders in a legal lather … Chief Justice tried to meddle in appointment to Court of Disputed Returns while the government hung in the balance … Former bar president accuses BAQ of failure to stand-up for the judges … Where will it all end? 

Law student attempts to extort payment of outrageous “fantasy” invoice from client … Privileged documents supplied to the ATO … $30 million assessment set aside because of misuse of client privilege … In Melbourne, VCAT suspends the suspension of a local solicitor who was 11 years behind with his tax stuff … Emilie Lentz reports 

Einfeld-era siren appears in the courts … Law Reform Commission now exists in name only, as bureaucrats move in … It’s Boston or bust as Australian briefs prepare for US jamboree … Scramble to procure dead tax silk’s live briefs 

Legislation designed to make it harder to record and report episodes of cruelty to animals … Cockies Corner in the box seat … Also, barrister Judy Bornstein appointed to the dish-lickers board as part of a move to clean-up greyhound racing rackets … Polly Peck with the hottest political news 

Ama Somaratna reviews the latest batch of cases from the Bureau de Spank … Litigation folly where costs overwhelm a deceased estate … Adelaide high-flyer borrows from Peter to pay Paul … For five years an old solicitor plied his trade without a ticket 

Nothing lasts forever … Not even being struck off for having “personal relationships” with clients in jail … South Australian solicitor readmitted after 11 years de-rolled … Telling pork-pies to correctional officers … Legal visits became improper visits