Staff at federal courts work-to-rule … Leaflets to litigants … Unhappiness mounts … No pay rise for four years … Registry merger … Sackings … Difficulty crossing a picket line
Workplace grief
Uncategorized Friday, September 29, 2017Sex discrimination and harassment complaints against HWL Ebsworth … NCAT hearing … The case shows signs of devouring significant time and costs
Hilton bombed
Uncategorized Monday, September 25, 2017The intercept that undid Howard Hilton … Conspiracy to corrupt the corrupt Rex Jackson … After 30 years of unfitness, NSW CA says Hilton still unfit … Amorality would undermine public confidence … Sophie Taylor with the latest
The perils of Pauline
Uncategorized Friday, September 22, 2017Conservative rump of members seeking to stamp out Law Society support for the YES vote … SSM … Never mind the facts, just feel the stale assertions … Remembering Molly Bloom
Doing the bidding of shock jocks and tabloid hacks
Uncategorized Thursday, September 21, 2017In NSW, the regime is fond of introducing useless laws designed to placate outbursts of indignation from the tabloids … The Disrespectful Behaviour Act is the latest of this genre … Try to be nice to judges
Germy allegations hosed down
Uncategorized Monday, September 18, 2017QCA sends solicitor to re-education camp after overturning earlier strike-off order … Strange claim of employer’s vicarious liability for defamation … Sophie Taylor reports
ACT solicitor stubbed out
Uncategorized Monday, September 18, 2017Telling pork pies to clients, the court, the Law Society and others … It all came to a head when the solicitor was convicted of diddling a client’s mother and the Legal Aid Commission … Sophie Taylor on the case
Yards and yards of the finest silks
Uncategorized Friday, September 15, 2017Here we go again … The NSW bar’s 2017 list of senior counsel applicants … A list groaning with prospects … Women amount to almost 20 percent of the contenders