Colin Carruthers, QC "what Sir Edmund said is .. conjecture, hearsay, wrong in fact and entitled to no weight whatsoever".
Sir Ted Thomas “Either you have been bullshitting me or Alan has been bullshitting you. ."
It’s a list that is received with great expressions of doing the ‘public good’ and standing up for the underdog and all those other tiresome phrases that emerge like treacle from the lips of lawyers, but the recipients of the legal aid largesse (our words, certainly not theirs) are covered in this story and show, [...]
Apart from Justice Wilson, Alan Galbraith draws attention to himself by virtue of his own handling of the extensive business relationship he had with Justice Wilson. Putting aside the Judge’s conflict and the obligations upon him to disclose it, it is less clear how far Galbraith had gone to do the same thing. It may [...]
Amid the talk about “Sian” and “Bill”, Sir Ted referred to “The ‘Three Musketeers” who sit in the eye of the Wilson storm. Along with himself in his self appointed role of course, but he’s more d’Artagnan than a Musketeer. They are all concerned over Alan, to whom Farmer owes his “primary obligation”, and of [...]
Legal eminence grise Sir Edmund “Ted” Thomas has been caught with his spam-guard down – and his highbrow eloquence. Writing to Jim Farmer, doyen of barristers, asking whether Jim had been “bullshitting” Ted is a bit like Bill (Wilson) asking Colin (Carruthers) about Alan’s (Galbraith) and his side deals. Or about “lowlife” Vince Siemer. Or [...]
He’s dealt with whales. He’s dealt with our boozed kids. He’s grappled with privacy problems. He’s dealt with every constitutional issue known, or at least written about them. He’s partnered with Mai Chen. He’s lectured, hectored in some cases, during his days in the academe. He even briefly lead the country. And so how long [...]
The Law Society is presently going to its membership to find out what they need and want in the days of voluntary membership. Following the relatively harrowing establishment of the new law society structure under the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act, in particular the question of how orphaned the Auckland District Law Society might become in [...]
Never one to pull punches, let alone cacti needles, CK has characterised Comeskey as the next Christopher Harder. Chris Comeskey acts for some of the worst crooks in town. He upsets people. There’s not much love in the Inn for him. He’s like the 2010 version of Christopher Harder. Seems like he’s been diddling the [...]
While perusing the property pages of the San Francisco Chronicle website (well, what else would someone in the legal jobs business do?) we happened upon the mansion formerly owned by America’s King of Torts, Melvyn Belli. Belli was one of those flamboyant figures who dipped his toes into crime (defending Jack Ruby), celebrity representation (Muhammed [...]
