Big money and endless acrimony: Family Court reform to rein in ‘dreadful’ litigants, lawyers

January 6, 2021 — 12.01am The government’s chief backer for its controversial Family Court merger says the bill would give judges the power to rein in litigants who waste court time and use unfair strategies. Patrick Parkinson, the outgoing head of the University of Queensland’s law school, said the legislation before the Senate will allow

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Rowan Atkinson says cancel culture like a medieval mob ‘looking for someone to burn’

Rowan Atkinson in Johnny English Strikes Again. 8:40AM JANUARY 6, 2021 COMMENTS Rowan Atkinson has condemned online cancel culture and censorship, describing social media as a place where medieval mobs roam “the streets looking for someone to burn”. In an extended interview with the UK’s Radio Times, the celebrated British actor and comic criticised social

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Divorce courts clogged with case backlog: Pauline Hanson demands judges lose holiday perks

With 100,000 cases clogging Australia’s divorce courts in the past year, Pauline Hanson is demanding judges have their holiday perks limited. Natasha BitaNational Social Affairs Editor @natasha_bita December 28, 2020 – 6:35AM News Corp Australia Network Divorce, bankruptcy and citizenship issues – these are all matters that might land you in court. But not all

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