Going beyond the call of duty for the Obeids … Prominent barrister birched by the bar council over conduct during the Obeids’ action against ICAC … Lack of contrition … Tight lipped apology … Operation Jasper and coal exploration corruption 

Kathleen Folbigg … Keli Lane … Tim Anderson … Gordon Wood … Convictions and quashes … Prisoners walk free … Speculations and winning ways … The line that is crossed … Where is the line? … Prosecutorial controversies 

VicAppeals speaks … Solicitor wrote letters to a magistrate while case was on foot … Failure to notify the other side … Professional misconduct … Lengthy career as a lawyer … Clear contravention of professional rules … Lack of insight … Whacked with a wet lettuce leaf … Louise Hall reports

Fledgling commercial law newswire hits the inboxes … Former editors of Law360 in the US set-up shop in Melbourne … Rough end to the New York experience amid staff decision to unionise over allegations of “mercurial management style ” and crushing workloads … Decision to let Lawyerly “speak for itself” 

Former politician struck off after applying for a ticket … Plundering the funds of the Health Services Union to pay for hookers and campaign expenses … Prolonged dishonesty for personal gain … Character remains unreformed … Nick Bonyhady reports 

Drowsy procrastination in full swing … Lakeside litigation … Family court effusions … No sizzling sausages for family judges … Carmody the Coalition’s dream sentencer … Longer terms for stale judges … Goings On with Theodora 

Police and their terrorism powers – not much to report … Inspector Bruce looks at the Top End’s secret corruption … Deconstructing the attorney general’s announcements … Discriminating amendments … The bench gets slow backup for “historic” sentencing reforms … Standoff over appointment to the Children’s Court … Polly Peck reports from Macquarie Street