ICAC, afloat in a sea of leaks

Uncategorized    Thursday, November 5, 2015

Margaret Cunneen claims ICAC is leaking to News Corp … News Corp says ICAC is leaking to Fairfax … Inspector Dave says he’s not leaking to anyone … Spivs and logrollers line-up for free kicks … Get your fresh leaks here 

 

The Hammer sends papers to the Law Society

Uncategorized    Monday, November 2, 2015

Court finds that solicitor misled bank in loan application and made untruthful claims in his defence … Lawyer under “significant financial pressure” … Doctored documents … Defendant’s evidence “beggars belief” 

 

Copy cat

Uncategorized    Saturday, October 31, 2015

Full feds on the case … Refugee tribunal member substantially copied previous reasons of another member, which rejected application by a Tamil asylum seeker … Failure by RRT member to apply independent considerations … Go back, start again 

 

Sandy Street overturned in pooch discrimination case

Uncategorized    Friday, October 30, 2015

Virgin Australia should have allowed “Willow” to fly … Numerous appellable errors in disability discrimination case … Full Feds to the rescue … Primary judge should have paused for “reflection” … Kate Lilly reports 

 

Uglier by the day

Uncategorized    Monday, October 26, 2015

UPDATE … Increasingly rancid accusations in NSW bar election … Utterly extraordinary campaign … Inaccurate claims … Latest muck from Phillip Street  

 

Idiosyncratic issues

Uncategorized    Thursday, October 22, 2015

NSW bar election bumf flies thick and fast … Bruce McClintock claims Neutral ticket is breathtakingly hypocritical … Michelle Painter slaps down knitting club critic … Paul Menzies wants the return of civil juries … Jeffrey Phillips insists his ticket is not right wing … What to believe? 

 

Fullness and frankness

Uncategorized    Sunday, October 18, 2015

Barrister does a bit of work without a ticket … Forgets just how many jobs were involved … Tells pork pies to the bar council … Disgraceful … Judge claims that practising certificates “protect the public” … Law graduate strikes Top End admission problem as a result of a copy and paste approach to assignments … Unintentional plagiarising … Forgets to be full and frank … Kate Lilly reports