- Reviews and the Arts
- Theatre - 'And the Gold Medal goes to …'
- Book - Imagining a Real Australia: The Documentary Style 1950-1980
- Book - Fear: An Alternative History of the World
- Book - People Power: How Australian Referendums are Lost and Won
- Classical Music - Gustavo Dudamel
- Song – Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga ‘Shallow’ (2018)
- Book - Plain Language for Lawyers, A Practical Guide to Clear Communication
- Book - Justice in Tribunals 6th Edition
- Song – Richard Gere & Others ‘We Both Reached for the Gun’ (2002)
- Song – Lady Gaga ‘The Joker’ (2024)
- Professional Conduct and Practice
- NSW PD Prohibiting Gen AI Use in Evidence and Judgment Drafting
- Public and Briefing Profession Interest Knowing of Disciplinary Charge against Barrister
- The Barrister’s Role in Moving Uncontested Admissions to Legal Practice
- Imposter Syndrome
- The 'Moral Panic' Over Psychological Wellbeing in the Legal Profession - A Personal or Political Ethical Response?
- Magistrate who Provided Reference for Defendant given Formal Advice for Misconduct
- Drafting Witness Affidavits as to Contested Conversation Content
- Restraining Lawyers from Acting Due to Conflict
- Industrial Relations and Swearing in Northern England
- Citing Non-Existent Cases and Giving Rambling Statements in Court - Judges Blame AI
- Advocacy
- Four Recent Tax Cases
- Vicarious liability – A 'Tortured History': Bird v DP (a pseudonym)
- When Things Go Wrong - A Mediator's Perspective
- The Use and Limits of Statutory Purpose in the Interpretation of Legislation
- How to Prepare for a Mediation
- Another Tax Case - Family Largesse as Capital Gift not Assessable Income
- The Honourable William Gummow AC on the True Character of a ‘Quistclose’ Trust
- No Presumption of Undue Influence Arises in Probate
- The Form of Affidavit of Conversations – Some Controversy in New South Wales
- Repudiation Founded in Misconstruction of a Contract
- Inter Alia
- Congratulations Bar Practice Course 82
- Farewell to Her Honour Judge McGinness
- The Supreme Court Fifteen Years On: Continuity and Change
- VALE: The Honourable Thomas Eyre Forrest Hughes AO KC
- Language – Extant
- Language – Infelicitous
- Language – Invidious
- Language – Irrefragable
- Language - Mnemonic
- Language – Swingeing
- From the President
- From the President
- From the Editor
- From the Editor
- Articles
- 'Sam and Ralph' - The Role and Practice of Counsel in the System of Justice
- Advocacy in Mediation
- 10 Minutes with…the Honourable Ian Callinan AC
- Barrister Cyber Risk
- VALE: Grant Thomas Britton KC 1946-2024
- An Interesting Approach to Settlement
- Navigating the AI Abyss: Ethical Challenges in the Age of GENAI
- Danny Gore KC: 50 Years at the Queensland Bar
- Lawyers and Dictators: Ten Lawyers, and Counting
- Elephant or Mule? The Menagerie of the Law Relating to Economic Loss
- Reviews and the Arts
- Theatre – Queensland Law Revue’s “Les Billablés”
- Book – Sir Gerard Brennan: The Law’s Good Servant
- Book – 50 Human Rights Cases that Changed Australia
- Book – Crimes Against Nature: Capitalism and Global Heating
- Book – The Midnight Library
- Book – Citizen Justice: The Environmental Legacy of William O. Douglas
- Book – Lessons in Chemistry
- Book – An American Dreamer: Life in a Divided Country
- Book – John Bússt. Bohemian Artist and Saviour of Reef and Rainforest
- Book – Everything is Water
- Professional Conduct and Practice
- Misconceptions of Some New Barristers
- The Ethics of Discrediting Witnesses - Summary
- Professional Misconduct Finding Against Lawyer Attempting to have Witness Alter Prospective Evidence
- Professional Misconduct Finding against Barrister Making Baseless Allegations of Fraud
- Counsel are not the Mere Mouth Pieces for their Client
- Recent Developments on Supporting Judicial Wellbeing
- Generative AI for Australian Barristers: The Key Considerations
- Improving Mental Health in the Legal Profession
- Public Reprimand and $20,000 Fine for Lawyer’s Behaviour at CPD Weekend
- Magistrate’s Facebook Comment Leads to Formal Warning for Misconduct
- Advocacy
- ACL Unconscionability and Accessorial Liability
- Estoppel by Encouragement – Promise Certainty, Reliance, Detriment and Unconscionability
- The Fruits of an Unlawful Demand (Part 2)
- Non-Publication Orders in Abuse Matters
- The Courts and Arbitration
- More on Private Nuisance from the UK Supreme Court
- An Expert Witness’s Proper Approach in Testimony
- Don’t “Go Light” in Adducing the Evidence Required to Discharge your Client’s Persuasive Onus of Proof
- Mackay v Dick Implied Term Breached by Vendor Appointing Settlement Date with Insufficient Time to Permit Valuation by Purchaser’s Financier
- Proving a Company’s State of Mind for the Purpose of Rectification in Equity
- Inter Alia
- Bar Flies Remain Victorious in 2024
- Collective Nouns for Participants in the Legal System
- Lord Chancellor Sworn in by Lady Chief Justice in Historic Firsts
- The UQ MacArthur Files: World War II Letters Revealed
- Essential Finance Tips Barristers Should Know
- The High Court says they were “Hammered”!
- Language - Gainsay
- Language – Hornbook Law
- Language – Jejune
- Language – Specious
- From the President
- From the President
- From the Editor
- From the Editor
- AI and Mediation
- Articles
- Jury Misconduct - What Exactly Are They Getting Up To?
- AI and Mediation
- 10 Minutes with…the Honourable Philip Morrison KC
- Maintaining your Selfcare During Trial
- ‘A Diet of the Most Awful Things Humans can do’ – A Criminal Lawyers’ Life
- Appearing in the High Court: Metal Manufactures Pty Ltd v Morton (2023) 275 CLR 100
- ‘Goodnight and Good Luck!’ – A Tribute to Retiring Counsel
- Crypto (& other) Bros – Navigating Storms in the Scammers’ Paradise
- An Invitation to Listen, to Understand and to Change
- Without Fear, Favour or Affection
- Issue 96: June 2024
- From the President
- From the Editor
- Get Out There!
- 10 Minutes with...QLRC Chair Fleur Kingham
- The Honourable Bruce McPherson CBE Memorial Lecture 2024
- Fast and Slow Thinking by Judges and other Human Beings
- Better Targeted Superannuation Concessions or Targeting Judicial Independence?
- Seven Random Points about Judging
- Evidence in Chief in Criminal Trials
- The Operation of the International Criminal Court
- Issue 95: March 2024
- From the President
- From the Editor
- Generative AI and the Bar - A Long Way from the Horse and Cart but still a Fair Way to Travel!
- 10 Minutes with...ChatGPT
- Wrong Side of the Law: What Raised Judges’ Ire in 2023
- Is the Civil Trial System Past its Use-by Date?
- Lessons from the UK’s Post Office Scandal
- Is a US President Immune from Criminal Acts?
- Magistrate Wickham at Moreton Bay – Master of all he Surveyed
- Insolvent Corporate Trustees: Just More Questions
- Issue 94: Dec 2023
- From the President
- From the Editor
- Retirement of the Hon Susan Kiefel AC KC as Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia
- The Honourable David Francis Jackson AM KC
- US Supreme Court Adopts Judicial Code of Conduct
- Judicial Bullying: The Last of the Legal Bloodsports?
- 10 Minutes with...the Honourable George Brandis KC
- Can Stoic Virtues Help Modern Lawyers Meet their Ethical Obligations?
- Vale: Sandra Day O’Connor (1930-2023)
- Social Media and Defamation Law
- Issue 93: Sep 2023
- eBrief Ready
- Sherrin Partners
- LexisNexis
- Put Paper in the Past
- Bar Flies Scoop the QLS Netball Pool
- Gremlins, Borgs, and Judicial Impartiality in Multi-Member Courts
- The Legacy of Sir Harry Gibbs on the Jurisprudence of Purely Economic Loss
- Therapeutic Jurisprudence and Mediation: Partners in Dispute Resolution
- Qld Law Reform Commission – a New Look
- A Way to Win-Win Negotiation
- Issue 92: Jun 2023
- LexisNexis
- Mazars
- Morgans
- Some Important Changes in the New Property Law Bill
- Class Actions 101
- The QCA and the Law as to Overturning an Unreasonable Verdict
- Not Bound by the Rules of Evidence
- Family Law – Same but Different
- When Ministerial Decisions Must Be Made Personally
- Insolvency – ‘Peak Indebtedness’
- Issue 91: Mar 2023
- LexisNexis
- Morgans
- Mazars
- Winners are Grinners; Well Almost!
- Bar v UQ Students Netball Match – 5 March 2023
- Wigs and Gowns
- CIA 1944 Tips for Organisational Sabotage – Sound Familiar in Modern Mores?
- Family Court Judge Writes to Children Concerning Custody Decision – “I have told your parents to stop the crap”
- Magic Circle Firm Rolls Out 'Gamechanger' ChatGPT-Type Platform
- Privacy – Prospective Statutory Right of Action and Statutory Tort
- Issue 90: Dec 2022
- Morgans
- Vincents
- Mazars
- True to the Land: A History of Food in Australia
- Podcast Review: What Makes a Good Mediator?
- Podcast Review: Barristers in the New Normal
- Darwin Spitfires Anniversary Edition: The Real Battle for Australia
- Speaking Notes for Executing Justice
- Zines and Stellios’s The High Court and the Constitution (7th ed)
- The History Thieves
- Issue 89: September 2022
- Everyone Is In Italy
- Conditional leave to replead
- Queenslander! Townsville CPD Enthralls
- AAT ABA Legal Assistance Referral Scheme
- He Claimed Mucho
- Language... The Chatham House Rule
- You Will Wear That Pleading, Me Lad!
- Should ties remain barristers’ required dress in court?
- Support For Your Pro Bono Work
- Opening Arguments
- Issue 88 - June 2022
- French Quarter Chambers
- The Chronicle of a Young Lawyer: A legal journey in the Territory of Papua and New Guinea
- Liar Liar - Podcast
- 10 minutes with ... Andrew Philp QC
- Bar Practice Courses
- Direction permitting evidence by videolink (pandemic orders)
- Personalia ... Law Students, August 1956
- The Brisbane River Flood litigation falls - CLA s 36 rises
- The Art of Written Submissions
- A bit of a chuckle ... Grandad's Inquest
- Issue 87
- Morgans
- From the Editor
- Flight From Paradise
- City on Fire
- Case Note: Reflections on the recent High Court Decision in Love Commonwealth of Australia [2020] HCA 3: The Constitution, Indigenous Rights and Immigration Law
- Abandoning Non Delegable Duty of Care
- Freyberg: A Life's Journey
- Going Dark - The Secret Social Lives of Extremists
- The Second Annual Bench vs. Bar Cricket Match
- Love v the Commonwealth and Constitutional Recognition; is Australia getting close?
First to blink…
Garry checks out the sunset from Amity Point, North Stradbroke Island.
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