Do nothing and win immunity

Uncategorized    Monday, April 4, 2016

McKellar’s Miscellany of Mishaps … Advocates immunity gets a workout in the High Court, while in the VicSupremes lawyers get immunity for not defending an application to wind-up a solvent client … Work done out of court and its affect on the case in court … Kate Lilly is courtside 

 

Prayers to St Anthony

Uncategorized    Friday, April 1, 2016

Inspector Dave getting into the ganja … Too many inquiries upsetting for the cabinet secretary … Latest on the Sinodinos saga … Piling up the falsehoods 

 

Liberals caught in the wringer after washing the money

Uncategorized    Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Arfur (Daley) Sinodinos knows nuffin’ … Exculpatory evidence missing in action … SharriLaw … Liberals tried to wriggle off ICAC’s hook, only to be caught by Keith Mason at the Electoral Commission … Rorts of the Free Enterprise Foundation 

 

French CJ to bow out early

Uncategorized    Tuesday, March 22, 2016

No more cases for the CJ after the end of this year … Appointing a successor … Proroguing parliament for an unusual reason … Government seeking to takeover senate agenda … Everything perfectly normal 

 

Wild about Ian

Uncategorized    Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Ian Neil takes barrister websites to a whole new level of glamour … BarNet takes over authorised Victorian reports … Politicians and commentators warned off the judicial patch … John Nicholson joins Inspector Dave … Context and information missing from Inspector Dave’s Cunneen report  

 

Duty barrister late on duty

Uncategorized    Monday, March 7, 2016

Claim of mental illness unsuccessful in setting aside disciplinary findings … Barrister rents property to vulnerable client … Conflicts of interest … Late to court … Mental illness does not mean conduct cannot be unsatisfactory … Kate Lilly reports 

 


Trying to be civil

Uncategorized    Tuesday, March 1, 2016

More juries, please … NSW barristers seek to shift control of personal injury trials away from judges … Claims that civil trials with juries are cheaper and quicker … More research needed … Campaign underway with luminaries in support … Turning back the clock … For and against