Wednesday, December 23, 2009

law tv for lawyers

I blame the schools

Alphapharm Pty Ltd v H Lundbeck A/S & Anor [2009] HCATrans 324 (11 December 2009)
       MR SHAVIN QC: What her Honour neglects to do is that she neglects to look at the second criteria in section 70(2)(a) - - -
       FRENCH CJ: Criterion.
       MR SHAVIN: Criterion. I apologise, your Honour.
       FRENCH CJ: That is all right.
       MR SHAVIN: It is modern education, I am sorry, your Honour.

Friday, December 18, 2009

advice for magic circle interviews

Friday, December 11, 2009

CPD Seminars


Friday, November 13, 2009

transaction lawyer

Friday, November 6, 2009

cerebralty heads

Friday, October 30, 2009

happy birthday, the internet

Friday, October 23, 2009

billables: tower defence

Friday, October 16, 2009

genocide studies




Update: as always, god damn xkcd beat me to it and bettered me.

Friday, October 9, 2009

deflection tactics

Friday, October 2, 2009

reverse turing test

Friday, September 25, 2009

the wonders of maritime law

Friday, September 18, 2009

wikirony

Friday, September 11, 2009

on giving

Friday, September 4, 2009

motovation for law

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

self rep gives it to Hayne J

Ferdinands v His Honour Lander J & Ors [2009] HCATrans 194 (12 August 2009)

[Following the ex temp decision of Hayne J...]
       MR FERDINANDS: Could I just ask you a question, your Honour?

       HAYNE J: Yes, Mr Ferdinands, you may ask.

       MR FERDINANDS: Yes, thank you, your Honour. Just a quick point so that everybody in this country understands. You are saying that the privacy of an individual is wholly and solely irrelevant and that the transfer of private information between government departments of individuals is allowable in law and that that person does not need to have any consent or any knowledge of such actions undertaken by the government, whether it be State, federal or Territory.

       HIS HONOUR: My reasons for judgment, Mr Ferdinands, speak for themselves. I do not propose to add to them. Call the third matter for hearing.

       MR FERDINANDS: Just a simple yes or no, your Honour.

       HIS HONOUR: Sit down, Mr Ferdinands.

Friday, August 28, 2009

worth a try

Friday, August 21, 2009

mandamus

Friday, August 14, 2009

the Modern Law School



Saturday, August 1, 2009

Gummow J on the awesome power of the HCA

Bruton Holdings Pty Limited (In Liquidation) v Commissioner of Taxation & Anor [2009] HCATrans 138 (19 June 2009):

        MR SLATER: …. There are two firm and decisive judgments of the Full Federal Court which, as this Court has many times said, is the final court of appeal except in exceptional circumstances.
        GUMMOW J: I do not believe any court is the final court of appeal in anything, Mr Slater, and that idea that was once around I can assure you is no longer around.
        MR SLATER: The taxpayer will be happy to hear that, your Honour.
        GUMMOW J: [fp: in a loud booming voice] No one is immune from our possible gaze and attention.

[and later]

        GUMMOW J: … If you appear in the High Court everything else yields. When I was at the Bar, that was the rule.

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