Melbourne solicitor admits to being in contempt of court for warning client’s family to avoid process server … However, not liable for “disparaging” the court … Transfer of European properties in defiance of Yarraside court orders … Scandalisation … Consideration of contumacious and contumelious conduct 

Parliamentary ICAC committee in a quandary about Cunneen tapes … Lawyers called in … Damien Tudehope’s sorry history of covering-up 

Our Julian and house rules at the Ecuadorian embassy … The Tub goes to town … Brandis’ judicial appointments policy … Cunneen rallies support for the old empire, with help from Planet Janet

Top US law firm partners now billing at $US1,500 an hour, plus … “Colourful” DLA Piper partner says, “We just raise them every year” … The rise and fall of a New York rainmaker … How many blenders does a lawyer need? 

Cunneen’s line about the “fake” chest pains unravelling fast … Slices of phone intercepts leaked to the media contradict NSW senior crown prosecutor … Attempt to delay Sophia Tilley’s blood test after car accident … Desperate calls to block the release of the tapes … Levine’s report and News Corp campaign looking dreadfully unwell … The story that keeps on giving 

The sharemarket fizzle of Slater & Gordon and Shine … Finding a better ambulance to chase … What went wrong and why was it allowed to happen? … Will there be havoc? … Geoffrey Nettle the latest to express concern with the listed law firm model 

Productivity Commission crunches the numbers on the efficiency of Australian courts … Clearance rates … Number of judges required to finalise cases … Cost per finalisation … Court fees … State, Territory and Commonwealth Courts … Chris Orchard sorts the stats 

Yarraside judge’s wedding toasted in dark beverage reserved “for mature gentlemen” … Controversy over CJ’s bill leads to defections from the International Tribunal for Natural Justice … NSW’s QC campaign dead as a dodo … Latest performance indicators for courts from the Productivity Commission