Names on lists … Jonathan Beach, Jayne Jagot and Janine Pritchard … Speculative scribblings … Cabinet contemplations underway … Opinions aplenty from the commentariat … The sound of axes grinding from within the law caper … Appointments imminent  COMMENT: URL: It appears that Michael Pelly and the AFR were pretty much on the money. Let's hope Steward and Gleeson JJ bring forth more justice and less division.

UPDATE … New Yarraside QCs on hold … Plague stifles letters patent … In South Australia, legislation passes to permit new branding … Fluffier status … The great hurtle backwards 

Law Society of NSW lashed by Court of Appeal … Failure to ensure just, quick and cheap litigation … Another jurisdictional calamity … Earlier decision not brought to the attention of NCAT … Requirement for model litigant … Application for suppression order rejected … Janek Drevikovsky reports 

Parenting case before Judge Guy Andrew of the Circus Court … Brute on the bench … Is mentoring all there is? … Horrifying transcript … How did this abusive creature end up as a judge? … A fortiori … Federal judicial commission absent without leave … Associate of judges Ginger Snatch reports  COMMENT: Having read the judgment I am ashamed for the legal profession. It does us no credit. Any person with a shred of decency would resign after such a damning judgment. Judge Andrews has brought both the judiciary and the legal profession into disrepute. COMMENT: A clearer case for constitutional removal for proved misbehaviour cannot be imagined.

S. B. McElwaine SC COMMENT: The Graeme Page that I know has always conducted himself with courtesy towards litigants, lawyers and the Bench and managed cases efficiently. He obviously did better than many of us would have during the Judicial barrage in this case.

Another Porter appointee and another fuckup by those not required to have the necessary qualifications.

Rod Hooper SC COMMENT: Having read the Judgment it is hard to imagine a more disgusting and embarrassing example of Judicial bullying.This Judge should be required to write a letter of apology to both Counsel and his instructing solicitor and publish it at his own expense in The Courier Mail under the banner headline " I am not fit nor proper"

Judicial re-training is no substitute for righting the record and learning a little humility and respect for others.No advocate should have to put up with the drivel which fell from this fellow's mouth!

Jack Pappas Barrister Canberra COMMENT: URL:

Prominent silk’s upward pressure on unfair dismissal costs for clients … Repeat offender reenters Queensland potty-mouth lawyer stakes … Human rights, invasion of privacy, hygiene and the technicolour yawn … Janek Drevikovsky reports  COMMENT: EMAIL: URL: Going by the judgment, this seems to be her barrister who cut his teeth in the Royal Ulster Constabulary:

https://www.heraldscotland.com/arts_ents/15167154.face-to-face-soldier-turned-barrister-henry-gow-tells-of-journey-from-killing-to-court/ COMMENT:

At last … The steel box at the bottom of the sea has been burst open and the names of the 2020 NSW silk applicants have floated to the surface, where they bob around waiting for the sharks … Here they are … Old favourites aplenty … Bar’s difficulty with transparency … Silk purse … Sow’s ear 

Unhelpful and unattractive display of appellant’s anus to Victoria appeal judges … Regrettable submission … Appeal denied … And, country lawyer keeps the phone on the hook … Unanswered correspondence … Unattended court appointments … Janek Drevikovsky reports  COMMENT: Henceforth, mooning the Bench should be known as "making a Vitale Submission".

The Dyson Heydon allegations produced a torrent of new policies governing behaviour and manners … Hands off … Safer workplaces … No complaints to the wallopers … No fresh High Court investigations … Pathways for survivors … Help with the drinks … Still a hot lunch at The Australian Club … Janek Drevikovsky reports