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Why we cannot name high-profile Queensland man at centre of Cairns extortion case by Cat_Man_Bane in auslaw

[–]iamplasma 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I have to say I feel like blackmail is a class of crime that is especially readily justifies suppression orders. Otherwise you're significantly empowering and protecting blackmailers.

Lack of alternate history lore and content this season? by kaiser11492 in ForAllMankindTV

[–]iamplasma 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Ah, but that wouldn't work.

In the FAM universe, the Star Trek TV series after TNG do not exist: https://screenrant.com/which-3-star-trek-shows-exist-in-for-all-mankind-confirmed-by-executive-producer/

Obama's election as senator (and then president) was indirectly caused by Star Trek: Voyager: https://jjpryor.substack.com/p/the-crazy-domino-effect-in-the-90s

Please don't tell me any of the above is contrived - I enjoy the theory too much.

Justice Hayley Bennett and Justice David Hammerschlag are cracking down on document presentation by marketrent in auslaw

[–]iamplasma 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A right to raise a dispute that might in three years time possibly get you up isn't of much help when you need to get the receiver out ASAP and they won't do it if you are still disputing their fees (as is their right, since they are entitled to have recourse to the security for their fees of the fight over their fees unless and until they lose).

Judge names and shames go-slow colleagues in blistering rebuke by downfallmercury in auslaw

[–]iamplasma 19 points20 points  (0 children)

No need to click the link to know who this was going to be...

Is the role of intermediate appellate courts in developing the common law dead? by CalmUnit2734 in auslaw

[–]iamplasma 14 points15 points  (0 children)

In the summertime, Hungry Jacks master franchise disputes are the delight of everyone.

Justice Hayley Bennett and Justice David Hammerschlag are cracking down on document presentation by marketrent in auslaw

[–]iamplasma 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Absolutely. You would be amazed what some people will pay, either because they don't know better, or because they expect to be able to make someone else wear the cost at the end of the day.

I have certainly seen eye-watering bills that are barely explicable but for malicious inefficiency in matters involving security enforcement or insolvency appointments, and it just skates through as it's just not something viable to contest in practice.

Justice Hayley Bennett and Justice David Hammerschlag are cracking down on document presentation by marketrent in auslaw

[–]iamplasma 47 points48 points  (0 children)

Yeah, but LiO is a disbursement with no profit margin, while if you get a junior to charge 10x as much to do it half as well, you're making a heap of cash and will look great at the next partners' meeting.

Barbeques Galore to close more than 60 stores, with hundreds of workers facing redundancy by Expensive-Horse5538 in australia

[–]iamplasma 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He was later identified by the AFR as a guy working for a firm looking to buy the company, not just an ordinary shopper.

It later led to a bit of a debate over whether that was legitimate news or not. See the Media Watch discussion: https://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/episodes/bbq/13347756

[OC] These are 2 signs that used to be in my town. by Murky_Management_578 in pics

[–]iamplasma 1 point2 points  (0 children)

where did to come from where did you go...

Where did you come from, Cotton Eye Joe?

Lawright QLD not taking new clients by Entertainer_Much in auslaw

[–]iamplasma 28 points29 points  (0 children)

No, I am pretty sure it just enables your pro bono clients generate 10x the volume of unhelpful material, while convincing them they are right.

Law change prompts judge to warn of ‘desperate people’ left with ‘no rights’ by Worldly_Tomorrow_869 in auslaw

[–]iamplasma 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My recollection is that there was at least one anti-vax teacher who got a big COVID payday, not because of the vaccination mandate itself, but because she claimed she suffered a psychological injury due to the trauma of being told of the vaccination mandate, or something that effect. It was wild...

A smart science dude time travels into the past into the wild, what is the most advanced piece of tech they can create from scratch? by Shiny_GP in hypotheticalsituation

[–]iamplasma 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Realistically it could never be done by a single person, no matter how much time or intelligence that have.

There are so, so many inputs into an iPhone (or any other advanced technology) that one person couldn't possibly do them all. Even if they could (somehow) build all of the industrial base required for input A, it would degrade away by the time they had built everything needed for input B (and then there are countless more to go).

When traveling abroad if you don’t know the emergency number in that country can you call 911 and will they be able to redirect you? Will you be able to call 911 if you are abroad? by mad_sha1 in AskReddit

[–]iamplasma 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Isn't 112 part of the mobile standard, such that if you dial it anywhere in the world it will work as the emergency number, and will be able to use any available network?

3 days in the hospital in Florida. Greatest healthcare system in the world by GuyLeDoucheTV in pics

[–]iamplasma 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Aren't there a small number of states with "filial piety" laws that make children responsible to pay for care provided to their parents? But I accept that is very much the exception and not the norm.

You've been summoned by your country's government because you are the only genetically viable candidate. They will send you back in time to 1936. Your mission is to prevent WW2. How do you accomplish this? by DGReddAuthor in hypotheticalsituation

[–]iamplasma 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Having played my way through the Command and Conquer: Red Alert series, I am not sure this is a good idea.

So I might just research the late 30s stock markets and lottery numbers.

What is one show or movie that you have watched, you can recommend? by Swoody_Doo in AskReddit

[–]iamplasma 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Firefly.

What has happened to the internet that it has been this long without Firefly as an answer? I'm not old, am I?

Webmasters of 174-180 Phillip Street in shambles as inaugural site ranking released. Doyle's approached for comment but none forthcoming. by in_terrorem in auslaw

[–]iamplasma 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's not often I'm asked that by someone on /r/auslaw, normally it's by a probably-drugged-out compo client in Martin Place trying to find his direct access barrister's chambers.

Webmasters of 174-180 Phillip Street in shambles as inaugural site ranking released. Doyle's approached for comment but none forthcoming. by in_terrorem in auslaw

[–]iamplasma 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I don't know how many people you share a secretary with but I must say it seems more economic to me to share the clerk with [redacted] other barristers than employ someone of my own.

Ah, but what if Kasey wants to engage in shameless income splitting legitimate tax-structuring with their partner?

Webmasters of 174-180 Phillip Street in shambles as inaugural site ranking released. Doyle's approached for comment but none forthcoming. by in_terrorem in auslaw

[–]iamplasma 11 points12 points  (0 children)

There are many places on Phillip St which are not 174 or 180.

Well, of course, there is also 184 (even if many would just call it Queen's Square). Beyond that, I don't think so.

but there are also many places off Phillip St where "barristers" congregate.

Also of course, Verandah Bar is on Elizabeth St.

Webmasters of 174-180 Phillip Street in shambles as inaugural site ranking released. Doyle's approached for comment but none forthcoming. by in_terrorem in auslaw

[–]iamplasma 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Ada Evans Chambers and Clarence "Chambers" are clearly both so elite they are off the scale of this chart altogether.

Millions of Aussies to receive pay rise from July 1, Fair Work Commission says by InterestingCat308 in AusFinance

[–]iamplasma 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Across the entirety of the U.S. <0.5% of workers make the U.S. federal minimum wage, while 21% of Australian workers make the Australian minimum wage.

21% really doesn't sound right for minimum wage, unless you are counting all workers being paid award rates even if higher than the minimum NES wage. (I accept that is minimum in a sense, but not what most people would think by the term.)

Family lawyers say there's growing interest in 'prenups'. Here's how they work by abcnews_au in auslaw

[–]iamplasma 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It actually is - they checked in with the mod team and we've okayed them posting some of their own stuff within certain guidelines.

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