Former appellate judges assist the cause for a national integrity commission … The evidence is mounting and the public support swelling … The Coalition will be dragged kicking and squealing to this policy prescription … Public hearings crucial … Details of the framework 

Reshuffle … Leading magistrate, pan rattler and former copper becomes NSW State Coroner following former Coroner’s shift to Ombudsman … More money for new Madges … Alex Mitchell has the details 

Timbo Carmody rejects application to strike-off solicitor who fraudulently inflated timesheets … Still “an ethical member” of the profession … “Status seeking” solicitor’s “safety switch” is back-on … Plus, Melbourne solicitor off the jam roll … No prospect of rehabilitation … Nick Bonyhady courtside 

QCAT’s Timbo Carmody back in the frame … Squire Bennett takes-up rural spread … Justice Carolyn Simpson says farewell to paradise … Uncle Doug in chains COMMENT: Lamentably Justice Simpson has left the bench- without doubt one of the most accomplished criminal law appellate judge in Australia- she will be missed by the Criminal Bar,
G D Wendler

Attorney General Porter supports two contradictory notions … Free speech to attack judges personally, but the Law Council shouldn’t criticise the Family Court CJ over the Three Wigs Willy affair … News Corpse hacks do their stuff … Department of Cant and Hypocrisy 

Australian Law Report Commission going the way of its sister organisation in NSW … Loss of independence … Staff removed … Integration into the AG’s department … New president a personal favourite of Soapy Brandis 

Judge bashing in the land of the free … Politicians turn on the judges as courts address gerrymanders … Poor quality of Trump’s judicial nominees … Selection process breaks down … Nick Bonyhady reports 

Federal Court jobs abolished and then recreated at higher pay grades … Efficiency and budget savings hard at work … Judges anxious about the loss of quality registrars … Willy or won’t he? … Grim news as Family Court appeals judge throws in his gown