Outside the law

Behind the Beverage, Outside the law

Behind the Beverage: Catherine Chiang

When I first started studying law, I had no understanding of legal concepts or how the industry worked. I’m now one of only a few barristers in Queensland who speak fluent Mandarin. I’m glad my language skills have been able to assist Mandarin-speaking litigants and the solicitors acting for them.

, Lexi Kehl

Wine

An investment in the future

It is urban myth that wine improves with age. Some do but most don’t - not all wines are built for the longer term with the current trend for near-instantaneous consumption rewarding accessible winemaking. Most wine these days is purchased just hours before it is consumed and in the face of demand, few wineries invest in traditional wine-making for aging.

, Matt Dunn

Outside the law, The Court Whisperer

Chief Judge on final lap of honour

A trip down memory lane for this Chief Judge...

Behind the Beverage, Outside the law

Behind the Beverage: Oliver Collins

Mid last year I had to ask my boss if I could work from home a couple of days a week. I was feeling exhausted and starting to struggle physically. I felt like I was failing and giving into my disease, and I hated it. Turns out my boss was completely supportive and accommodating. Really, that’s what working with a disability is all about – transparency on both sides.

, Lexi Kehl

In memoriam

Michael James Patrick Hart

11 May 1946 – 3 May 2020

Outside the law, The Court Whisperer

The Court Whisperer

So what do our judicial officers really wear under their robes?

Outside the law

Behind the Beverage: Erin Mitchell

Originally, I considered Personal Injury Law but ended up in Criminal Law. I have two uncles who were police officers and an aunty who was a Nun… so Criminal Law was a controversial choice… but here I am!

, Lexi Kehl

Wine

Noble Nebbiolo shines through the nebbia

Nebbia is the fog that hangs over the hills around the Italian town of Alba in Piedmont. The most prized grape of the region is the Nebbiolo.

, Matt Dunn

Barefoot & professional

Five things you should never say to anyone, ever

Let me tell you that nothing brings the people together like a ‘when’s the baby due’ disaster.

, Sarah-Elke Kraal

In memoriam

Melissa Ann Nielsen

Born and bred in Far North Queensland, Melissa completed her law degree at James Cook University in Townsville before working in Brisbane immediately after her admission to practice.

Barefoot & professional

Seven people you’ll meet in practice

As illustrated by a tiger doco or something.

, Sarah-Elke Kraal

Suburban cowboy

Learning in the Air tonight

We have all learned many things that are hard during this crisis.

, Shane Budden

Suburban cowboy

Walking the non-virtual dog

Inappropriate observations on a serious issue

, Shane Budden

Wine

Air battle in the bottle

Wine has a difficult love-hate relationship with oxygen. As Sweet sang to us, walking that line can be tricky.

, Matt Dunn

Barefoot & professional

Dr Jekyll and Mama Hyde

An isolation horror story.

, Sarah-Elke Kraal

Wine

Granite Belt miracle: Wine into water

Last year the winemakers of the Granite Belt clubbed together to do something miraculous – turn wine into water.

, Matt Dunn

Barefoot & professional

The psychology of the ‘mum chop’

In the aftermath of the highs and lows of my own ‘chop’ journey, I can’t help but wonder, what makes so many of us do the ’do?

, Sarah-Elke Kraal

Suburban cowboy

No longer a dog’s life

As I may have mentioned before, when struggling for content, we have a dog (my family and I do, I mean; not you and me).

, Shane Budden

In memoriam

Michael Findlay Marshall

On 29 February Michael Marshall of Thomson Geer Lawyers passed away after an illness of several months.

Suburban cowboy

The Rise of the Jedi Lawyer

In the Star Wars universe, the Jedi are warrior-wizards and the guardians of peace and justice in the galaxy; in the legal world, the Jedi are Ethics Solicitors, who guard the integrity of the legal profession itself. At least, that’s what we tell ourselves…

, Shane Budden