The lost great-grandson of Viscount Leverhulme’s liaison with Lady Docker sends us missives from London, even though he spends a lot of time on the Continent. The Lever family originally came from Lancashire and made its fortune in soap with such famous brands as Sunlight, Lux and Lifebuoy. Leverhulme was invited by LibDem leader Nick Clegg to be part of his cocktail cabinet, but he declined because he wanted to stay on the wagon. He is often seen at the race track.

Sir Terence is our Brisbane affairs columnist. He was ennobled by the Bjelke-Petersen government for his services to law, greyhounds, highway construction, and as the internal integrity commissioner for the National Party. He is married to Lady O’Rort, the former Miss Kingaroy Showgirl. Together they have no children. Sir Terence writes about court proceedings, politics and the judiciary for Justinian. He is hot on the tail of uncovering creeping left wing influences.

Polly has been in the backseat of more Commonwealth cars than just about anyone. She’s been covering the inside and the downside of Canberra for 20 years and is often referred to as the “Helen Thomas of the Molonglo”. The public service, the parliament and the press pack are her beat.

Revered Justinian columnist Tulkinghorn unpicks the jargon and posturing that glues the legal profession together in its mission to make more work for itself. Everything from the profession’s billing practices, special pleading, judicial protection rackets and inequality before the law are in his sights. Tulkinghorn has practised as a private lawyer, a prosecutor and an academic. He also has a fine grasp of legal history and from where the modern law came.

Evan has been a journalist for more than 50 years. He was editor of The National Times, chief reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald and reader in journalism at Queensland Uni. He has received five Walkley awards for journalism and was journalist of the year in 1983 for his coverage of the Street Royal Commission into judicial corruption. He has spent a lifetime hanging around courts and commissions of inquiry. He continues to analyse and compare the adversarial and inquisitorial systems of justice. Our Corrupt Legal System is the latest of his eight non-fiction books.

The UK – it’s a reality TV show … Dave Cameron back in … Prosecutor in trouble for pursuing an affair with the defendant … Celebrity hacking trial against the Daily Mail pushes ahead … Supreme Court sinks the Rwanda solution … Solicitor binned after dangling a job that didn’t exist … HM spells out law ‘n’ order agenda … Floyd Alexander-Hunt files from Blighty