Magistrates' Court launches new website

I'm not certain when it happened, but sometime either yesterday or today, the Magistrates' Court launched a new version of its website.The menu structure seems much the same, but now there are Quick Links on most pages, leading to additional information or downloads.I found a new handy Quick Link on the Practice and Procedure page: …

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Magistrates’ Court launches new website

I'm not certain when it happened, but sometime either yesterday or today, the Magistrates' Court launched a new version of its website.The menu structure seems much the same, but now there are Quick Links on most pages, leading to additional information or downloads.I found a new handy Quick Link on the Practice and Procedure page: …

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Free citator

A colleague sent me this gem of a tip last week. Austlii has a free citator: LawCite.It's not perfect. For example, searching for Pitt v Baxter (2007) 34 WAR 102 in LawCite took me to Amaca Pty Ltd v Hannell! Yet, when I searched for R v Bassett [2008] EWCA Crim 1174, LawCite returned it …

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Let me google that for you

Something I came across today: lmgtfy.comLet me google that for you.Type in a search phrase, and then send it to the recipient who will see a google search window, with the very search they could have done entering it, and then returning the results.Yes, sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.But, sometimes, it is also …

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Much to talk about?

Well, this seems to have kicked off with gusto.Reading the posts, I realised what I was thinking of setting up was a traditional sort of blog where folks comment on posts. I started removing author-access for folks...and then I thought, "Why not give everyone author access?"What do you think? Should we all be able to …

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