Full-force campaign to derail investigative work by Fairfax journalists … Legal threats and PR spin … The Australian signed-up to the attack – in the process looking more than usually foolish … “Reputation” restoration based on fallacies … International corporate bribery specialists claim to be blackmailed … The flow of emails … Janek Drevikovsky reports 

WA barrister cannot represent his brother and their company in a fee dispute … Potential conflict of interest … Solicitor chasing money from counsel … Solicitor-barrister duo the team of choice for sub-contractors on many major projects in WA during the boom times … Sadly, now in court wresting over money … Jenek Drevikovsky reports 

Clive James bird’s-eye view from London on Marcus (The Mensch) Einfeld … The prisoner and the judge – repartee in the NSW Supremes … New silk by the yard …Master of the Rolls reflects on Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane … Policing NSW-style – “pull over driver” … Theodora reports 

Department of Wet Lettuce … Barrister lightly birched for overcharging … Unsettling fee collection methods … Fee refund … And that old hearing aid case resurfaces … Janek Drevikovsky reports 

Stop the presses – the WCC has made a decision … QCs and the crown’s work … Taxi! … Invalid disciplinary cases validated … Public purpose fund raided … Tasmanian judge tongue-lashes Sydney lawyer … Theodora sniffs around the traps 

Yarraside bar ‘n’ grill … The brave and confident few who have withstood the stampede to queens counsel … Difficulty shaking off colonial branding … The petty rush for status … Statistics since 2015 … No hard evidence that QCs do better than SCs … Alan Zheng combs through the data 

Sydney silk says articles in The Australian about ICAC reflect adversely on him … Complaint to Australian Press Council … Incorrect assertions … Failure to check … Bias … Puzzling claims that findings of corrupt conduct have been overturned … “Exoneration” that doesn’t exist … Zealotry 

Government won’t back away from insensitive appointments to the Disability Royal Commission … Stuart Robert and Ron Sackville in charge … Two senior counsel assisting the commission have withdrawn … Undercurrent of unhappiness … Disabled children and education … Stand by … Nathan Twibill reports