September 2, 2010 – 1:51 pm
When I was learning how to drive, my father asked me what kind of car my instructor had. “A white one?” I hazarded. He was just horrified that I had no idea of the make or how many cylinders it had. I’m not a petrol head — cars are simply a tool for getting around [...]
By Legal Eagle
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Also posted in Academia, Popular culture, Restitution
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Tagged breach of confidentiality, breach of contract, confidentiality, contract, disgorgement, disgorgement damages, Popular culture, television, The Stig, Top Gear
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August 25, 2010 – 2:02 am
Julia Gillard is a childless 48-year-old unmarried atheist redhead who lives in sin with her hairdresser. She is also the first woman to become prime minister of Australia. Just in case you thought that might mean a new era had dawned, be assured that it is probably just about over. Not that Gillard had radical [...]
By DeusExMacintosh
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Also posted in Economics, Environment, Feminism, Funnies, Media, Politics
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Tagged australia, Australian politics, Bob Katter, Germaine Greer, Julia Gillard, Tony Abbott
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August 11, 2010 – 5:03 pm
Those of you who are my facebook friends will know that last night, I was the victim of a serious assault. That piece of legalese doesn’t, however, quite do justice to the experience of having a bottle smashed over one’s head. If it’s a ned, then it must be Buckfast. In short, two persons — [...]
Personal recollections A long time ago, in the process of applying for Articles, I was sexually harassed by a male partner at a law firm. I think I was, anyway. I hadn’t received a place in the first round of offers, and I’d come to seek feedback on my interview technique. “What would you do [...]
By Legal Eagle
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Also posted in Feminism, Society
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Tagged compensation, compensatory damages, damages, David Jones, deterrence, Feminism, Kirsty Fraser-Kirk, Law, Mark McInnes, Miranda Devine, punishment, punitive damages, Sex, sexual harassment
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One of the reasons I really liked working at the Supreme Court was that it was a bastion of intelligent eccentricity. Many of the judges were unusual people, but they were also intelligent, compassionate people. I know that at least some judges were aware of their eccentricity. One judge (now retired) came in to my [...]
By Legal Eagle
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Also posted in Public Policy, Society
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Tagged Department of Justice, depression, eccentricity, eccentrics, fairness, Frank Vincent, health, human resources, job interviews, judges, judiciary, magistrates, mental health, petty tyrants, Rob Hulls, role plays, Supreme Court of Victoria, temperamentally unsuited, Victoria
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No, I’m not talking about that kind of solicitor, I’m talking about the other kind of solicitor. The one who tells you what the law is. You may think you can shake us off, but the evidence shows we’ve been around for a lo-o-o-ong time, at least 3700 years. Researchers from the Hebrew University of [...]
By Legal Eagle
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Also posted in History, Middle east, Religion
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Tagged Akkadian, archaeology, Bava Kamma, Bible, Code of Hammurabi, cuneiform, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, History, Judaism, lawyers, lex talionis, Rabbis, restitution for wrongs, Talmud, Torah, tort, weregild
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We’re not in the habit of handling shout-outs on behalf of third parties, but we happen to think that this one is worthwhile and serious, and it wouldn’t be here if we hadn’t engaged in considerable vetting before hand (one reason why skepticlawyer in particular hasn’t been around much lately, quite apart from my encounter [...]
Okay, don’t answer that question. But I didn’t watch either the Debate between our esteemed political leaders, or the Master Chef final. Thus I suspect I am in a minority of the Australian population. I didn’t watch the GillAbb Debate because I am so shizzed off about the direction politics is going in this country [...]
By Legal Eagle
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Also posted in Fark!, General, Politics, Popular culture
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Tagged Australian politics, churn, crazy stuff, general grumpiness, Julia Gillard, law firms, lawyers, Master Chef, Tony Abbott
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Legal Eagle’s post on screaming children and deafened passengers on a long-haul flight put me in mind of an interesting (offline) conversation I had with Lorenzo a month or so ago. On LE’s post, I made this comment: I do think we have taken social disapproval of parents disciplining their children in public too far, [...]
An American tourist is suing Qantas after she was seated next to a three-year-old child who allegedly screamed so loudly in the woman’s ear that she was deafened: “The pain was so excruciating that I didn’t even know I was deaf,” Ms Barnard said, reliving the incident during a deposition for a civil lawsuit she [...]
