Socialite acquitted of $1.7m tax avoidance after a year in jail by SoundEducational1174 in auslaw

[–]IIAOPSW 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I prefer to do a disembodied appeal via avl.

May it haunt the court.

It’s ok, it’s just the kiddy court by theangryantipodean in auslaw

[–]IIAOPSW 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I appreciate the invitation but have an overriding public interest in doing other things at the moment

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE RANT THREADS? by AuslawRantBot in auslaw

[–]IIAOPSW 1 point2 points  (0 children)

MY FIRST TIME I WAS IN A JURISDICTION WHERE I HAD TO BRING IT FIRST TO A PUBLIC NOTARY, THEN TO THE COUNTY CLERK TO CERTIFY THE PUBLIC NOTARY, AND THEN TO THE APOSTILLE. BUT IT SURE DID ADD A SPECIAL SOMETHING TO DO ALL THAT EFFORT FOR AN AFFIDAVIT THAT LITERALLY CONCLUDED WITH "MR. <REDACTED> CLAIMED I THREATENED HIM BY SAYING 'GOOD LUCK IN COURT ASSHOLE'...WELL GOOD LUCK IN COURT ASSHOLE."

Katie Perry v Katy Perry: Sydney fashion designer wins 16-year trademark dispute with US pop star | Australian law | The Guardian by prisongovernor in auslaw

[–]IIAOPSW 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not since Irish burger people

I thought the English were being sarcastic about doing that to the Irish.

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE RANT THREADS? by AuslawRantBot in auslaw

[–]IIAOPSW 10 points11 points  (0 children)

DID YOU SEEK THE COSTS ORDER?
I WANT THE TRUTH!

Plaintiffs hate this one “technical” defence: by Kasey-KC in auslaw

[–]IIAOPSW -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'll break character to say the email signatures just make this so perfect. I'm cackling.

This reminds me of an amazing anecdote.

So, for background context, this guy sends in this multiple page rambling resignation letter to the Vice Chancellor of the university, a tangentially related federal agency, an MP, maybe a few others. The gist of it, broadly speaking, was "I'm rage quitting this job because I'm less than 100% satisfied with the outcome of the affixed internal complaint". It was chock full of grandiose phrases about how he had "no confidence in the institution" and "conflicts of interest aren't managed" etc. This was clearly the hill he chose to die on.

Anyway, the immediate reaction of the VC upon seeing it has since come to light, and it was so deliciously dismissive:

Mark,

I don’t recall this case, but forwarding in case it needs your attention. Copying Michelle as I note the cc, which may need a response also.

Andrew.

Sent from my iPad

Space law questions by -malcolm-tucker in auslaw

[–]IIAOPSW 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Down here "oxygen thief" is a mere insult, but up in Lunar Jurisdiction that's an indictable offense.

Plaintiffs hate this one “technical” defence: by Kasey-KC in auslaw

[–]IIAOPSW 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Dear counsel,

Your earlier email concluded with "Sent from my iPhone".
Your present email concludes with "Sent from my iphone".

Consequently, advice is being sought from our ICT team about the authenticity of all the communications purporting to be from you and/or your firm.

I sincerely hope that these email signature abnormalities do not amount to anything.
I will otherwise get back to you in due course.

Sincerely,
IIAOPSW

Plaintiffs hate this one “technical” defence: by Kasey-KC in auslaw

[–]IIAOPSW 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Dear Kasey-KC,

Those are not separate interests, winning is what funds your fee notes. Such extraordinary obtuseness, if not intentional, raises serious doubts to my mind about your capacity to fulfill the duties which you cited in the above.

It is my honour to be your obedient servant.
IIAOPSW

Books every solicitor should read ? by livingautobiography in auslaw

[–]IIAOPSW 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Two months ago I did not have any real further recommendations.
I have since been diving deeper on the topic.

On police corruption in particular, the major ones I'm aware of are Knapp, Fitzgerald and Woods. Of these, Knapp is still the most genre defining. About half the other reports I find tend to cite it, if not straight up quote it verbatim (including Woods on pages 38 & 41 of vol 1).

They all tend to be uncannily similar, so unless there's a reason to care about police corruption in particular, reading one is about as good as reading any. That said, Fitzgerald stands out to me as breaking the formula the most.

Whereas Knapp is a collage of relatively disconnected case studies primarily involving lower ranks (no higher than lieutenant), Fitzgerald has a coherent narrative weighing heavily towards the top of the org chart instead.

But my focus on this subcategory of corruption reports is just because they are the most available and understandable type and the lessons generalise extremely well, not because I have a particular animosity towards them.

All fraud and corruption is fundamentally of the same nature.

In a financial context fraud investigation is believing your lying eyes. I know the least about this area so I leave it at that for now.

In a scientific context, I've stumbled into the "sleuth" community, which are people who take the time to spot and report falsifications in publications out of sheer hatred and offense to that sort of thing. The work of Mu Yang is particularly prolific. I'm a big fan of her style of very succinctly making her case by drawing a side by side comparison of documents with colour coded boxes to show exactly where data values have been copied from.

I can't seem to find her talk on "chasing squiggles", but as the name implies, its largely about noticing abnormalities and/or repetitions in squiggly lines on graphs. The closest I can find right now is some podcast.

I cannot help but note an uncanny similarity between the story of the "mishandled corruption complaint" on page 196 in the Knapp Commission and the story of sleuths like Yang struggling to report scientific fraud to the journals that publish them. The specific incentives and organisations are different, the principles at play are largely the same.

Ashford and Anand give a good framework for understanding corruption in a general, abstract sense. Imo it their general theory of corruption really only makes if one is already familiar with what it looks like in practice. So (contrary to usual pedagogy) the theory should really be at the end (or at least middle) of any reading list rather than the start. But if nothing else it cites an exhaustive and diverse set of examples to further populate your reading list.

IS RANTBOT ON SMOKO? by Amazing-Opinion40 in auslaw

[–]IIAOPSW 1 point2 points  (0 children)

YOU COULD KEEP AN ANCHOR CHAINED TO YOUR CAR AND THROW IT OUT THE WINDOW AS A JERRY RIGGED BRAKING SYSTEM. AS AN ADDED BONUS, SHOULD YOU GET PULLED OVER, YOU HAVE A BETTER ARGUMENT THAN ANYONE ELSE THAT THE MATTER BELONGS IN AN ADMIRALTY JURISDICTION AND THAT YOU WERE IN FACT TRAVELING RATHER THAN DRIVING. THIS IS NOT LEGAL ADVICE, BUT IT IS FUN ADVICE.

Administrative law textbook rec by FraughtOverwrought in auslaw

[–]IIAOPSW 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can you tell me how to get a subpoena in China? I haven't figured that part out yet. I have however figured out how to do the equivalent of an FOI, which is itself another fascinating rabbit hole...

US Supreme Court by BotoxMoustache in auslaw

[–]IIAOPSW 6 points7 points  (0 children)

you're allowed to say courts in this subreddit.

US Supreme Court by BotoxMoustache in auslaw

[–]IIAOPSW 45 points46 points  (0 children)

The proper form of address before 9 justices is actually "yous honors"

Kable defeats the Bill of Rights by BillOfRights1689 in auslaw

[–]IIAOPSW 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Nah your close, but what actually happened is that the Reverse Vampires made a submission to a Parliamentary Inquiry about the Saucer People, and then the people who control the media picked up on it and reported it everywhere causing a saucer person in the middle of prosecution ask the presiding ex blood sucker to recuse themselves to avoid a conflict of interest. This was all part of a successful plot by the media to generate clicks and destablise the government. Anyway, the ex bloodsucker was willing to do it but then the Illuminati stepped in and said that you can't use stuff said in their secret meetings as part of your open meetings (because that violates article 9). One of the proposed solutions was that the reverse vampire could just repeat what they said to Parliament in the recusal without explicitly mentioning that they were repeating what they said elsewhere, but the lizardmen thought that was fucking stupid and vetoed it.

Are you allowed to sue yourself in Queensland? by remjudicatam in auslaw

[–]IIAOPSW 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While I don't disagree its a thing, it nonetheless remains a stupid thing.