Dr LJ Maher (cis: she/her, 🌈, AuDHD, Quaintrelle)
@littleread.bsky.social
Naarm-Melbourne. Settler-Coloniser on Stolen Woi Wurrung
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Research: transmedial life-writing, literature & law, music & memoir, book & reading histories. Lecturer in Publishing Studies at Melbourne Uni. Views my own, not my employer's, etc.
Land.
Research: transmedial life-writing, literature & law, music & memoir, book & reading histories. Lecturer in Publishing Studies at Melbourne Uni. Views my own, not my employer's, etc.
Yes. Our time is precious. I could be reading actual beautiful things or being with people (derogatory).
October 27, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Yes. Our time is precious. I could be reading actual beautiful things or being with people (derogatory).
Yiiiike. I am more and more convinced that firms should only be able to be partnerships, not corporations.
October 20, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Yiiiike. I am more and more convinced that firms should only be able to be partnerships, not corporations.
Also, let's discuss the claim from the client's representative that the legal practitioner is accepting donations to the client's defence: it's been a while since I studied trusts accounting, but that doesn't sound like a accepting funds that can be returned.
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September 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Also, let's discuss the claim from the client's representative that the legal practitioner is accepting donations to the client's defence: it's been a while since I studied trusts accounting, but that doesn't sound like a accepting funds that can be returned.
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In addition, would these social media posts breach s18C of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975? For funsies is there anything in the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 about interfering with electoral materials?
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September 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
In addition, would these social media posts breach s18C of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975? For funsies is there anything in the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 about interfering with electoral materials?
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5.1.2 is likely to a material degree to—
(i) be prejudicial to, or diminish the public confidence in, the administration of justice, or
(ii) bring the profession into disrepute.
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(i) be prejudicial to, or diminish the public confidence in, the administration of justice, or
(ii) bring the profession into disrepute.
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#Auslaw
September 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
5.1.2 is likely to a material degree to—
(i) be prejudicial to, or diminish the public confidence in, the administration of justice, or
(ii) bring the profession into disrepute.
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#Auslaw
(i) be prejudicial to, or diminish the public confidence in, the administration of justice, or
(ii) bring the profession into disrepute.
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5 Standard of conduct—dishonest or disreputable conduct
5.1 A solicitor must not engage in conduct, in the course of legal practice or otherwise, which—
5.1.1 demonstrates that the solicitor is not a fit and proper person to practise law, or
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5.1 A solicitor must not engage in conduct, in the course of legal practice or otherwise, which—
5.1.1 demonstrates that the solicitor is not a fit and proper person to practise law, or
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September 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
5 Standard of conduct—dishonest or disreputable conduct
5.1 A solicitor must not engage in conduct, in the course of legal practice or otherwise, which—
5.1.1 demonstrates that the solicitor is not a fit and proper person to practise law, or
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#Auslaw
5.1 A solicitor must not engage in conduct, in the course of legal practice or otherwise, which—
5.1.1 demonstrates that the solicitor is not a fit and proper person to practise law, or
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#Auslaw
4 Other fundamental ethical duties
4.1 A solicitor must also—
4.1.4 avoid any compromise to their integrity and professional independence...
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4.1 A solicitor must also—
4.1.4 avoid any compromise to their integrity and professional independence...
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September 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
4 Other fundamental ethical duties
4.1 A solicitor must also—
4.1.4 avoid any compromise to their integrity and professional independence...
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4.1 A solicitor must also—
4.1.4 avoid any compromise to their integrity and professional independence...
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I am thinking Angela Carter's The Passion of New Eve, Fay Weldon's The Lives and Loves of a She-Devil, Jeanette Winterson's The Stone Gods and Frankisstein, Frances Cha's If I Had Your Face, etc...
August 4, 2025 at 4:13 AM
I am thinking Angela Carter's The Passion of New Eve, Fay Weldon's The Lives and Loves of a She-Devil, Jeanette Winterson's The Stone Gods and Frankisstein, Frances Cha's If I Had Your Face, etc...
Sorry! Chunky fingers. Was meant to be Ben Aaranovitch.
July 28, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Sorry! Chunky fingers. Was meant to be Ben Aaranovitch.
Then I decided to check which edition I actually have.
And my life as both a legal scholar and book historian comes full circle.
Anyway. IMHO this book is genuinely the most accessible take Australian Constitutional law, so buy it and/or borrow it from your library. /4
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And my life as both a legal scholar and book historian comes full circle.
Anyway. IMHO this book is genuinely the most accessible take Australian Constitutional law, so buy it and/or borrow it from your library. /4
#Law #BookNerd
June 27, 2025 at 4:31 AM