Struggle by the Australian Bar Association to keep its name to itself … Barrister’s business used a similar name … Attempt to make barristers’ service more accessible … Into the future … Long and tiring litigation looks like drawing to a close … Nick Bonyhady reports 

Collaery prosecution … Whistleblowing conspiracy … Fallout from Australia’s Timor Leste bugging spree … Woodside and Alexander Downer … Selective prosecution policy … Canberra’s long, slow dance with duplicity 

Freehills gets its fees from the failed United Petroleum float … No breach of duties by the firm … Financials not ready in time for the prospectus … Letter of engagement … Stephen Murray reports from the Yarraside Supremes

NSW Law Society flat-footed over temporary suspension of solicitor … Allegations of deficiencies, falsification and breaches … Time’s up … Due process versus public safety … Nick Bonyhady reports

Repeated calls for ferocious litigator to “step back” and take a cold shower … History repeats itself … Fervid correspondence … Disproportionate amounts of time and money fighting over piddling matters … Too much ego, too little reason … Being impaled by Vlad the Impaler 

Father of murdered family wants release of a psychologist’s report revealing his relationship with his children and former partner … Channel 7 applies for access … WA Family Court denies permission … At pains to point out that there’s no cover-up, but proposed TV broadcast is not appropriate … Nick Bonyhady reports from courtside  

A jury thought there was evidence that the complainant in the Luke Lazarus rape case was not consenting … Yet the judges couldn’t find a way to accept that … Now we are likely to see some change to NSW’s version of “consent” … Community expectations at odds with the outcome 

Seize the day … Audacious outsider trying to burst onto lawyers’ patch … When is legal work not legal work? … Chicken Treat upset … Unsuccessful attempt to introduce unticketed legal services … Nick Bonyhady reports