What’s the world come to “if we cannot trust a solicitor”? … Williamstown lawyer gets a stretch in pokey after tickling mortgage funds … CJ Earl Warren points to remorse, a hitherto blemish free existence and ongoing depression … But at the end of the day over $600,000 is still missing … Ama Somaratna reports  

Former Keddies’ partner Scott Roulstone hammering on the door of the NSW bar council for a ticket … Bar says there are unresolved issues … Decision pending in NSW Supremes  

What next for Tasmanian DPP? … Tim Ellis on four months suspended sentence … Government seeks legal advice from Sealy SC … Meaning of “misbehaviour” … Map of Tasmania 

Angelic death notices from the bar … Soapy slips on FOI changes … Unusual interlocutory costs order for Chris Dale … Judge ticks off Abbott in letters’ page … Knock About’s festive salute to the coppers 

Advocates immunity spreads its wings … Pressuring client to settle found to be justified … Perth lawyer claims a vendetta by the complaints committee … Unexpectedly borrowing at 60 percent interest … Paper shuffling at bar ethics exam … The subjective test for recklessness … Bureau de Spank … Kate Lilly reports 

Ashurst Australia has come up against a feisty anti-nuclear campaigner who refuses to back down … Fairfax settles, but the offending material is still out there … Dealing with lawyers’ letters … Defamatorium 

UPDATE … Government and Opposition opposed to incorporation of NSW barristers … Proposal looks ridiculous … Silken advice to the Bar Assoc … Trying to find the “linchpin” … Moral arguments dismissed … Proxy war … Barristers slowly losing their point of difference 

NSW bar in turmoil over pressure for barristers to incorporate … Tyro barrister pushing the agenda … Will existing leadership be obliged to go into early retirement if rolled by the members? … Ethical considerations … Tax advantage questionable