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  

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

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  

Sentencing Harriet Wran … Media discount … Opportunities for the press to influence custodial outcomes … Justice Ian Harrison’s scrapes with the media … Sentencing parity and the disadvantaged  

How supreme are NSW Supreme Court judges? … Justinian’s judicial productivity calculations … Volume of judgments per judge for the last 31 months … Guess who’s top and who’s bottom 

Human Rights psychosis … Timidity takes over … Where to now for a human rights charter? … Queensland politicians failure to seize the moment … Victoria maybe on the cusp of a new rights scheme  

Important victory for Independent Commission Against Corruption in NSW Court of Appeal – conveniently ignored by anti-ICAC campaigners … Corruption findings against Sydney business identities stay the course … Important underpinnings for ICAC … Fraud … Directors’ duties … Hannah Ryan gets to grips with the judgment  

Credit Suisse boss sues Melbourne University Press over the Godwin Grech chapter in Paddy Manning’s biography of Malcolm Turnbull … Unhappy memories of Malcolm’s earlier attempt at leadership … Love letters from Godwin