We had been aiming of course to send a tough message to people smugglers, we have been acting on the legal advice that we had been provided with. Now yesterday the High Court changed from interpretations of the past, and to give you just a flavour of that because I think it’s important, the current Chief Justice of the High Court, His Honour Mr Justice French, considered comparable legal questions when he was a judge of the Federal Court and made different decisions to the one that the High Court made yesterday.”
– In 2010, Julia Gillard – backed by all of her ministers – questioned his competence
We need a referendum that bans all lawyers from Parliament and Universities.
and their Judiciary.
If lawyers in general don’t see an issue with the invoice, then yes, I think it might just preclude them from parliament and universities.
I can’t wait for robots to replace lawyers and judges.
The current crop of legal zombies are badly programmed now!
Of course the learned former chief justice’s remarks are not yet another indication that the screeech will be a lawyers’ picnic.
I had a first year Civil Engineering lecturer say that Lawyers should be used to proof test bridges. His argument was along the lines that it’s doing the community a big service, especially if the bridge fails.
It’s hard to argue with that logic.
Am I still allowed to call a Red-bellied black snake a Red-bellied black snake?