The Case of Annika's Drawers

Police riffling through a journalist's drawers ... Illegal warrant, but not illegal enough to stop the Keystone Cops keeping the material on the USB stick and using it ... Seizure of property and judicial discretion ... Forget the journalism, the common law all at sea on unlawfully acquired evidence ... Where's Entick v Carrington when you need it? ... Procrustes gets to grips with the High Court's twisted knickers  

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Plague moots

Flattening the curve with remote mooting ... Easter stroll in the park tests Barely Legal's mooting skills ... Barely Legal v Const. Plod ... Public Health Restrictions on Gathering and Movement ... When three people gathering together in a public place become two ... Reprimand and warning 

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Washing of hands

The Rabid Princess and the passing of bucks ... Virus laden cruise ships and the Australian response ... Earlier lessons from the Diamond Princess ignored by Border Force and NSW Health ... A forest of laws ... Remembering the plague ship Surry ... The Black Death's legal legacy ... Procrustes at large 

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The disobedient ostrich

Yarraside brief fights over solicitor's bill ... Failure to abide by court direction ... Judicial review of costs order ... Too much delay ... The cruel clock ... Health issues ... Personal difficulties ... General drama ... Alan Zheng reports 

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Stand by your man

No mad rush for de-rolling former AGS lawyer who diddled a trust fund ... Offence in 2009 ... Caught in 2014 ... Pleaded guilty in 2016 ... Out of the nick by 2018 ... Struck off in 2020 ... Wife "horrified" by husband's offending ... Janek Drevikovsky reports 

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London Calling

With Boris in sickbay, nurse is having a frightful time ... Jittery politics ... Bored citizens stuck at home ... Leverhulme goes for a walk outside ... Other hot topics go cold ... Corporates who care ... Problems with Zoom ... Fallout from Alex Salmond's sexual assault trial  

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The war-time president

Managing the pandemic in the US of A ... Letting the virus out of the bottle as the president bloviates and botches ... Ideology trumps science ... Misinterpreting the Defence Procurement Act ... Disbanding and closing programs for pandemic preparedness ... US manufacturers busily exporting vital equipment ... Oversight provisions in rescue legislation to be ignored ... Roger Fitch's Letter from Washington 

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Those pesky judges

What protection visa? ... Man held in immigration detention by the government after he had been granted a protection visa ... Federal Court orders immediate release ... Minister for Immigration birched in fulsome judicial rebuke ... Ministerial defiance of the law ... Disgraceful conduct ... Habeas corpus application opposed by the minister on spurious grounds ... Zoe Mitchell reports 

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Dexterity of the left hand

Car accident ... Plaintiff's fraudulent case ... Farrago of lies ... Deceit ... Tentative orders for indemnity costs and to refer the plaintiff for criminal investigation ... Committing offences while allegedly incapacitated ... Priors ... A Brydens special ... Janek Drevikovsky reports 

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