[caption id="attachment_19809" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Rose Ashton-Weir and her mum"] [/caption] The twitterverse erupted in response to this story in yesterday's papers about a student suing her former school Geelong Grammar for compensation, saying that it pr...

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After I posted a comment on Ken's recent post about swimmer Nick D'Arcy and his decision to file a debtor's petition in bankruptcy, he graciously invited me to contribute a post if I am insistent on disagreeing with his take. Ken argues that there is something that doesn't see...

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I have been observing with interest the latest news that ASIC has commenced action against the directors of James Hardie Industries for breaches of the Corporations Act between 2001 and 2003 . Now you may recall that in a blaze of publicity over asbestos related illnesses and...

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Peter Faris today expands his defence of the anti-terrorism laws under which Jack Thomas has been subjected to a control order. He frames this analysis as a reasoned legal one: Two issues arise. First, is the control-order legislation good and appropriate legislation against t...

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Yesterday's Crikey mail included a comment by Michael Pascoe about the seemingly endless stories about corporate shonks being able to retain profits from their dodgy dealings. He writes: One should always be wary of suggesting another legal penalty to Laura Norder-crazed polit...

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Long time reader, first time poster. Ken has kindly invited me to join the exalted ranks of posters at Club Troppo, so I thought I might briefly say hi and introduce myself. Floating in a google cache somewhere under a pseudonym is the remains of my former blog, which featured...

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