Courtroom capers

Court in the Act    Thursday, May 30, 2024

Federal Court’s digital hiccups … Principal Registrar in home run … Pronunciation requirements for names and pre-nominate … Elocution audit … Common law shuffle in New South Wales … Vicki Mole reports

 

Not innocent

Court in the Act    Wednesday, May 29, 2024

Sexual assault of children … He probably did it … But not guilty on all counts … District Court judge unable to reach the requisite standard … Unhappy complainants … Cementing the reluctance to complain … Trial judges and the prosecution wars … Anthony Kanaan reports

 

Letter from Blighty

London Calling    Wednesday, May 29, 2024

Rishi rushing to the polls … Gen Z sent to the trenches … Tongue tied law firm receptionist … Putting you through to the wrong person …Young solicitors told they had not qualified … Exam fiasco … Trying to catch the Septics pay packets … Floyd Alexander-Hunt reports from London

 

More bling for the boys

The Map    Tuesday, May 28, 2024

Hobart’s KC lobby beating the drum … Pitching to government knuckle-draggers … Fresh campaign … Same stuff … More surveys … A Tree for Tasmanian Supremes … News from The Map

 

Geason’s ghost

The Map    Monday, May 27, 2024

Report from Van Diemen’s Land … Full court reconstitutes itself to deliver judgment in the absence of rusticated judge … Blow CJ’s “request” lost in the mail … Tasmanian forest management scheme … Regulators employed by the loggers … Dame Enid reports

 

Fit, Proper & Bonkers

Bar Talk    Thursday, May 16, 2024

Bipolar diagnosis … Character passes muster … Sexual harassment … Professional misconduct … Barrister’s sexual harassment … Offending the product of bipolar affliction … Pills and potions … Next round

 


Strikings off

Hellfire Club    Friday, May 10, 2024

Fit and proper … Latest rulings from WA and NSW … Solicitors attraction to other people’s money … Abject departure from the gold standard … Anthony Kanaan looks at how unfit and improper you have to be in order to get de-rolled