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Sometimes it’s “nor” but quite a lot of the time it’s just “or”
Not unlike with the use of “whom” (when sometimes they should just have used “who”) – a topic that I write about in the book – the judicial tendency towards longer, and/or more fancier-sounding, words can lead a judge on occasion to write “nor” when what they really should have written was “or”. Sometimes I… Continue reading
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Launch!
On Wednesday, 18 October 2023 we had a launch for the book. Thanks to Katerina and Mai at the ANU branch of Harry Hartog for helping to make the evening a success. And big thanks to K M Hayne AC, former Justice of the High Court and present exemplary human being, for agreeing to do… Continue reading
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Plurality Revisited
The day after I submitted the final draft of my manuscript to Federation Press, an associate rang me. “The judge wants to know if you have a view on what ‘plurality’ means.” “Hold my beer”, I replied. I do have a view. Four pages of my book, in fact, are devoted to an attempt to… Continue reading
What is the 'it'? 