#australian family lawyers

[kailashlawyer]

Unveiling Excellence: The Best Lawyers in Australia

In every field of law and legal practice, excellence is not just a standard but a benchmark for success. Australia boasts a plethora of legal talent, with top-tier lawyers making significant impacts in various practice areas across the nation. From corporate law to criminal defense, these legal professionals embody expertise, integrity, and a commitment to achieving the best outcomes for their clients. In this blog, we'll shine a spotlight on some of the best lawyers in Australia and explore what sets them apart in the legal landscape.

Excellence Across Practice Areas

Australia's legal landscape is as diverse as its population, with lawyers specializing in a wide range of practice areas to meet the diverse needs of clients. Whether it's corporate law, family law, litigation, or immigration law, the best lawyers in Australia demonstrate mastery of their respective fields and a dedication to delivering exceptional results for their clients.

Top-Tier Legal Firms

Many of Australia's best lawyers are affiliated with top-tier legal firms known for their excellence in legal practice and client service. These firms attract top talent from across the country and around the world, offering a platform for lawyers to excel in their chosen areas of specialization. From boutique firms to multinational practices, the best legal firms in Australia provide a collaborative environment where lawyers can thrive and deliver outstanding outcomes for their clients.

Commitment to Client Success

What truly sets the best lawyers in Australia apart is their unwavering commitment to client success. These legal professionals prioritize the interests of their clients above all else, working tirelessly to achieve the best possible outcomes in every case. Whether representing individuals, businesses, or government entities, the best lawyers approach each client matter with integrity, professionalism, and a dedication to delivering results that exceed expectations.

Leaders in Innovation

In addition to their legal expertise, the best lawyers in Australia are also leaders in innovation, leveraging technology, data analytics, and emerging legal trends to drive efficiency and effectiveness in their practice. From implementing cutting-edge legal research tools to utilizing AI-powered contract review software, these legal professionals embrace innovation to enhance their ability to serve their clients and deliver value-added solutions.

Recognition and Accolades

The contributions of Australia's best lawyers are often recognized and celebrated within the legal profession and beyond. Many of these legal professionals have been honored with prestigious awards, accolades, and rankings that reflect their outstanding achievements and contributions to the legal community. From peer-reviewed publications to industry awards ceremonies, the best lawyers in Australia are consistently acknowledged for their excellence and leadership in the field.

Conclusion

Australia is home to some of the finest legal talent in the world, with top-tier lawyers making significant contributions across a wide range of practice areas. From their expertise and professionalism to their commitment to client success and innovation, the best lawyers in Australia embody the highest standards of legal excellence. Whether representing individuals, businesses, or government entities, these legal professionals are trusted advisors and advocates who continue to shape the future of the legal profession in Australia and beyond.

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[maranofamilylawyers]

Choosing a Family Law Specialist

When you are facing issues regarding family law, it is important to find a lawyer who can provide you with legal advice. These lawyers have an in-depth understanding of the laws and regulations related to family law, and they can help you navigate the Australian legal system and protect your rights.

Kim Ford

When you’re dealing with sensitive family law issues like divorce, child custody, and property settlement, it’s important to hire a specialised lawyer. These lawyers can offer personalised legal guidance, handle your case with sensitivity and confidentiality, and ensure that you achieve the best outcome possible.

Kim Ford is a highly experienced Family law specialist Sydney with expertise in parenting and property matters. She works closely with clients to help them overcome the challenges that come with separation.

She believes in resolving matters amicably, by negotiation and mediation, before going to court if necessary. This is known as “amicable family law” and it can save you a lot of time, money, and stress.

She is an accredited family law specialist and a trained family law collaborative solicitor. She has experience resolving all aspects of family law matters, both by negotiation and litigation.

Accredited Specialists

In choosing a divorce lawyer, it’s important to check whether they have been accredited by the Law Society as an Accredited Specialist in family law. This signifies that they have passed a series of rigorous assessments on both their legal knowledge and its application in practice.

In order to be an accredited specialist, a candidate must have years of relevant experience and be able to demonstrate that they have a high level of expertise in their field. This accreditation is a distinguisher for lawyers and sets them apart from their peers, giving you peace of mind in knowing that they have the best possible chance of getting a positive outcome for your case.

Elevate Family Lawyers specialises in a range of family law issues, including divorce, separation, child custody and support, property settlement, binding financial agreements, parenting arrangements and prenuptial agreements. They also offer expert advice on grandparent rights, wills and estates, and mediation. Their rates are transparent and in proportion to the nature of the legal matter.

Benjamin O’Sullivan

Family law is a complex and sensitive area of law. It is therefore imperative to choose the right specialist to handle your case.

Benjamin O’Sullivan is an experienced Family lawyer in Sydney, Australia with a passion for justice. He has extensive experience in helping people navigate highly complicated family law matters that may appear impossible to resolve.

He specializes in divorce and separation, property settlement, child custody, parenting, pre-nuptial agreements, business surrogacy and ancillary relief. He has also handled numerous other legal issues including spousal maintenance, debt recovery, and statutory demand.

He is the founder of Swiftly Legal, a firm that seeks to disrupt outdated practices in family law by offering innovative solutions for clients. He is dedicated to helping individuals in navigating family law challenges and has over a decade of practical experience in this field.

Bill O’Sullivan

Bill O’Sullivan is a popular radio talk show host who has been recognized by Talkers Magazine as America’s Best Talk Show Host. He is syndicated by Premiere Radio Networks to over 310 radio stations in all 50 states.

As a litigator, he has successfully represented clients in federal and state courts. He has defended corporations and individuals in commercial and class action litigation.

He also counsels businesses in a variety of matters, including contract formation and disputes, corporate compliance, and business acquisitions. He also handles matters involving commercial property disputes, intellectual property, and export control.

Kimberly is a highly skilled Australian Family Lawyers specialist who helps people navigate complex issues in divorce, adoption, alimony, child support, and custody matters. She combines her extensive experience with a genuine care for her clients and their well-being. She has a strong belief in the power of legal representation and empowering clients to make their own decisions. She brings a calm and focused approach to her practice that reduces client stress and anxiety.

#Family law specialist Sydney #Family Lawyer Sydney cbd #Family law specialists Sydney #Australian Family Lawyers

[cinephilesadeqi]

Movie analysis and Review: "Liar Liar" (1997)

Synopsis:“Liar Liar” revolves around conniving attorney Fletcher Reede (Jim Carrey), who excels in the courtroom but finds his personal relationships in shambles due to his dishonesty and workaholic tendencies. His wife, Audrey (Maura Tierney), has left him for a more reliable man, and his son, Max (Justin Cooper), wishes for his dad to stop lying for 24 hours. A magical twist makes Fletcher…

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#1997 Film #Australian Cinematographer #Blockbuster #Character-driven Comedy #Cinematic Experience #Cinematography #Classic Comedy #Comedic Brilliance #Comedy Film #Courtroom Humor #Creative Direction #Family Entertainment #Farid M. H. Sadeqi #Farid Sadeqi #Father-Son Relationship #Feel-Good Movie #Film Critique #Heartwarming #Honest Lawyer #Honest Moments #Hosein Tolisso #Jim Carrey #Justin Cooper #Legal Comedy #Liar Liar #Maura Tierney #Memorable Performances #Mohammad Hosein Sadeqi #Movie Analysis #Movie Magic

[lazycats-stuff]

Remember when u wrote batbro who's Australian? Now u HAVE TO do Italian! This time with Italian toddler batbro, please little Italian people with their small hand gestures are so funny and so fricking adorable to me I'm tearing up just thinking about it

Yeah, Italians are funny and adorable, but I think it would work better if it's a teen instead of a toddler, so I have to modify that part, I just think it would fit better. Also, 1.3k, thank you guys and yes, I know this is a little bit short, but I do want to get this out for you guys. Also, Italians are my neighboring country lol, so if any Italians are reading this, hi!

Summary: (Y/N) is Italian. The family can't deal with him.

Warnings:

Bruce, yet again, found out he had another biological child. Another son. Bruce loved his sons, but he could get a daughter for once. Someone who was less chaotic to a certain degree. Turns out, when Bruce had a one night stand with an Italian model, she got pregnant and she didn't say anything to Bruce about his son for 13 years.

Bruce found out when she was put in jail. Bruce didn't know what happened, but he was more numb from the news that he has another son. Not to mention, man with a heavy Italian accent calling him in the middle of the night telling him about his son and Bruce having to call his lawyers...

The amount of paperwork that it took for Bruce to bring (Y/N) to America is nuts. Sure, you have to make sure that both governments know where the child is. The amount of connections Bruce had to pull just to get (Y/N) to the USA is actually insane. Thankfully, (Y/N) would soon get his citizenship and he would be able to keep his Italian citizenship.

Thankfully, both the US and Italy allow people to have multiple citizenships so (Y/N) could go back to Italy without any problems. Bruce and the others need to get visas. (Y/N) laughed at them when he heard that.

But hey, when they go to Italy, they will have a translator. And it's incredible to listen to (Y/N) not knowing English really. They weren't mocking him by any means, but they were crying of laughter a few times when there was some English problems.

But there were another things they didn't know about Italians. For example, (Y/N) was touchy in conversations. And he was closer to them, more in their space. None of them minded them, it was actually nice how closer he was to them because Americans prefer to keep their distance it seems.

And a thing that seemed like are they European or gay thing is the fact they have their little pecks on the cheek. It wasn't anything intimate by any means and it's a way to say hi to guests. Men do it as well so it wasn't gay per say... But then again... Bruce knew that Italy had a different way than Americans.

And by God, (Y/N) had so many cultural shocks. So many. The sizes of food in America... And (Y/N) will forever fight the notion that pineapple belongs on the pizza. He shall defend his Italian heritage and cuisine.

Also, while on the topic of the sizes, everything in America is huge. Cars, buildings... (Y/N) thought that in a way it lacked warmth. And (Y/N) didn't even want to think about the prices of medication and healthcare here. He knows that Bruce is rich, but still... My God.

Another thing was the fact that kind of annoyed Bruce and Alfred was the amount of espressos that (Y/N) can drink in a day. Tim loved him a lot for it, but Bruce and Alfred weren't so happy. So many espressos wasn't really helpful. But hey.

But one iconic thing that can make you tell who is an actual Italian or not, is the famous hand gesture. They still remember the time when (Y/N) was talking on the phone with a family member who lives in Italy and it seemed that the entire family was on the other side of the phone.

He was talking fast, phone on his ear while he was going to the kitchen to drink some water and get some snacks. They all watched in silence as (Y/N) talked loudly, even as he was opening the fridge for some snacks.

And that's when they saw it. The famous hand gesture, in between some passionate talk about something and yelling over the phone. He seemed annoyed, but there was a smile on the teen's face as he was talking.

Once he was finished, he joined his family at the table. Jason has decided to learn Italian. Bruce has silently agreed. Damian was already prepared to learn. Basically, the entire family has decided to learn Italian and help (Y/N) with English in return.

Another thing that made adapting to the American culture more difficult was the fact that talking and kind of interrupt one you are talking too. In Italy, that is not really considered rude since they are passionate about talking and just overall talking over.

In America, that is considered rude. He didn't like it that much, but understood. People won't like him that much and he would be considered a rude person if he interrupts other people. His family understood that it's not easy, but hey. You adapt to the culture and move on.

But still, it hurt a little bit.

And (Y/N) never understood one thing as well. Something called Italian Americans. He couldn't comprehend calling yourself Italian American, but you don't speak Italian and you are not connected to the culture of your other part. It was weird to him. No hate towards them, but to him it was weird. How can you call yourself a person who belongs to a certain culture if you don't know it?

But hey, no hate. As long as they don't insult Italy and the Italian culture, no hate.

And one more thing that no one prepares you for is the fact that you miss your home country. Despite Alfred doing the best Italian dishes known to men, but it just didn't taste the same. It didn't have that taste of Italy. Yes, it sounds weird, but it's true. Italy is one hell of a country with a rich history.

Oh the nostalgia is a worst feeling ever. Sure, it makes you feel happy and remember the great times you had., but sad at the same time. Bruce saw it, he wasn't blind.

He was sad for his son. So what does Bruce do? Summer holidays are approaching and Bruce had one great idea for everyone. 2 weeks in Italy, all paid for. He just needed to tell (Y/N) when and where they will be going.

And Bruce told him a few moments later, (Y/N) screamed from happiness and jumped into Bruce's arms, hugging him like a koala bear.

" Grazie Bruce! " (Y/N) screamed. Bruce didn't mind the use of his first name because (Y/N) was still getting used to the fact that he has a dad.

" Ti amo Bruce. " (Y/N) said as he stood back down at the floor. Bruce smile widely as he knew exactly what first two words meant.

" Love you too son. "

(Y/N) let out a woo as he went back to his room. Oh he will stuff himself with all of the Italian food he can eat and find. And he will go to Rome and the Vatican. No one is going to stop him. And not to mention, he will have to visit his family. They would never forgive him by any means and you don't want to piss off an Italian family.

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[magz]

March 5 to March 7, 2024 update from Let's Talk Palestine (instagram channel)

March 5

• 97 Palestinians killed, 123 injured in Gaza in past 24 hours

• Israeli forces recapture 2 Palestinian women who were previously released in the November hostage exchange deal — total 11 Palestinian women and children recaptured since their release, a clear violation of the agreement

​​• WHO: 1 in 6 children under age of 2 is “acutely malnourished” in north Gaza; 16+ kids killed by starvation in past week. Israel continues to block entry & distribution of aid + attacks aid convoys & aid seekers attempting to receive what little aid reaches the north

• Journalist Mohamad Salama killed by Israeli strike in Deir el-Balah; 133 journalists killed in Gaza since Oct 7

​​🇦🇺 Australian lawyers refer Australian PM to ICC for “accessory to genocide in Gaza”, citing the halt of UNRWA funds, military aid to Israel & deploying Australian troops

• Israeli airstrike on home in southern Lebanon killed a Hezbollah fighter and 2 family members amid rising Hezbollah-Israel tensions

March 6

• 86 Palestinians killed, 113 injured in Gaza in past 24 hours

🇺🇳 UNRWA accuses Israel of detaining & torturing its staff to extract false confessions on ties to Hamas. The unpublished UNRWA report details multiple incidents of abuse incl. torture, sexual abuse & deprivation of basic needs

🇺🇸 Washington Post: US quietly approved 100+ foreign military sales to Israel since Oct 7, disclosed in a classified congress briefing. The sales bypassed public scrutiny as their value didn’t meet the threshold requiring congressional notification, yet in total they amount to a “massive transfer of firepower”

• 20 Palestinians killed by starvation from malnutrition & dehydration, while Israel continues to block aid + attacking aid seekers, injuring 8 in Gaza City

🇨🇦 Canada was meant to announce its reinstatement of funding to UNRWA on March 6, but last minute decided to cancel the press conference. Leaving this decision unconfirmed. Canada was originally planned to announce they would resume UNRWA funding with a scheduled payment of $25m for April. Canada was one of the first countries that followed the US in halting funding due to the unsupported allegations made by Israel in January.

March 7

🚨 SOUTH AFRICA URGENT ICJ REQUEST

South Africa has once again requested the ICJ for additional emergency measures against Israel, urging the Court “to do what is within its power to save Palestinians in Gaza from genocidal starvation.” Its previous request was denied by the Court.

This was prompted by the harrowing deterioration in Gaza since the original measures in January. Using powerful language, South Africa highlights to the Court that “Palestinian children are starving to death as a direct result of the deliberate acts and omissions of Israel.���

Underscoring that Israel is “massacring desperate, starving Palestinians seeking to obtain food for their slowly dying children,” referencing the ‘flour massacre’ that killed 118 Palestinians and injured 760.

South Africa concluded by saying it “fears this Application may be the last opportunity that this Court shall have to save the Palestinian people in Gaza.”

Read the full request here:

https://tinyurl.com/mmy9rvfx

March 7, part 2

• 83 Palestinians killed, 143 injured in Gaza in past 24 hours

🇳🇴 Norway issues official advice against any trade or business with Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, which risks contributing to violations of international law. This was prompted by Israel’s recent approval of permits for 3,500 new units in 3 settlements in the West Bank, the first since Oct 7. This has faced global condemnation incl. from close allies like the US & Germany + many Arab countries

• 60,000 pregnant women in Gaza suffer from dehydration, malnutrition & lack of healthcare; 5,000 women give birth every month in Gaza in extremely unsafe & unhealthy conditions

🇪🇺 EU Foreign Minister says they will probe into Israel’s compliance with human rights obligations stipulated in EU-Israel trade deal following requests from Spain & Ireland

🇪🇸🇶🇦 Spain to send $22 million + $25 million from Qatar in extra funding to UNRWA

• Israel granted access to only 6/24 aid operations to north Gaza last month

#text post #o post #palestine #magz upload #genocide #letstalkpalestine #on palestine

[hozukitofu]

kkir fic idea 💡 might write it or someone else can adopt this and run with it

i work at an australian magistrate court as a paralegal and kkir (my ninja dads) remind me of the police prosecution vs defence lawyer negotiation throwdowns. kakashi is literally all the weird and eccentric lawyer i've ever met (you need to be weird to be sane) and iruka just acts like all the other very nice but firm prosecutors at court to me

imagine hotshot perpetually late but so so brilliant defence barrister kakashi (mr hatake) negotiating a better outcome for his clients. he's always laid back because he knows he's that good, dresses in the same suit every time, gets away with wearing a facemask in court and literally only ever fixes his terrible posture at the bar table and whilst in court. he tried to ask the magistrate to let him salute the coat of arms (instead of bowing like everyone else) when he first got transferred down to the lowly magistrates' court but got promptly shot down (the compromise was the mask). he was working as a top queen's counsel for the private city law firm then got mysteriously transferred to their regional branch in a 'mentoring role' (a bunch of graduated law students interning actually quit their postgrad studies because he was really harsh and had really arbitrary rules tbh). so my man's in a bad mood ALL THE TIME (literally unprovoked) and has no personal assigned paralegals because no one can stand him. his assigned clerk has the patience of a saint and the tolerance for no bullshit (it's rin) he makes outrageous plea offers with prosecution and it's the best/worst time down at court. he also cross examines like the person at the mic personally wronged him, which isn't great if it is a protected person in a family violence case, or any witness at all, but very eye opening to see

down at court you have the sweetest man ever sergeant umino ('please call me iruka') in the dog box(what we call the prosecution office). he has a law degree (admittedly from a nowhere regional university but he is admitted to practice as a legal practitioner) and way too overqualified for the police force, but he wants to make a difference before going to teach full time or practising law full time. he's nice about everything (printers, legal advice, referrals, talking to anyone) except for paperwork which he is anal about. he wields stamps like weapons and every time an informant is shown to have filled out their paperwork wrong he calls them up directly (how does he even have their direct line?) to chew them out, but super nicely. adjournments, unmentionable dates, requests - don't need to provide reasons, iruka will approve. he not-so-secretly made copies of his police badge so paralegals can print documents off the police printers. he always gets snacks and coffees for court registrars and referral officers. he has bags of lollies for little kids. iruka teaches community service and justice studies for the vocational college nearby. he also has the occasional stint as a university lecturer only for first year law kiddies, and teaches also senior high school legal studies electives. beyond stamps and paperwork, he is the law down to the letter, sometimes to the spirit. if the facts look bad, especially if it is family violence or egregious failure to appear/warrants then he would be a hardass to lawyers. my man however is not opposed to diversion especially if the accused are kids.

so like fanon, kakashi brings outrageous plea offers to the dog box whenever iruka is in -- 'can you withdraw [most serious charge]' 'you can't prove that she was fearing for her life' 'he's never had a criminal record so can't you give him a slap on the wrist and send him a bond?' iruka shuts that shit down every time. he has a case of bleeding heart-itis so occasionally they CAN collaborate to help truly at risk offenders to reorient their lives. kakashi complains that iruka agreeing without a yelling match feels worthless but deep down he doesn't mind when iruka isn't in full hate mode AT him. kakashi thought that iruka would be all snobbish because police prosecutors who hold law degrees tend to act like they're better than everyone else but iruka is overall down-to-earth, hi-i'm-here-to-help. can't push him around though, but he's all about the learning experience so he encourages postgrad law kids and volunteers to have a go at him. for the real thing, defence lawyers groan good-naturedly when they hear he's in the dog box. kakashi seems to be the only who delights in riling him up, but in the rare instance that everyone agrees BUT the magistrate says otherwise and hands down a harsher sentence, he would be handing up paperwork for a contest hearing SO FAST kakashi wouldn't have time to consult with the client. there's a deal between him and kakashi for a stack of signs form 11As can be dealt out when absolutely needed. despite going at each other's throats on the clock, sooo many people have seen them getting lunch together or just talking about their mutual student naruto.

in this universe naruto did not complete high school, went through to vocational studies, took a pathway to uni instead. somehow he, sakura and sasuke end up at the same law firm (naruto is a bit older than the other two but acts precisely like a teenage eshay ALL THE TIME). why does he want to practise criminal law? because it looks cool and he wants to make the bar. his mum is a judge and his dad is a speaker of the senate/cabinet member so... it runs in the family. sasuke is following alongside the traditional asian career choice: doctor, lawyer or engineer. my man hates maths with a passion so lawyer it is. i know it's weird that sakura would be doing a law degree knowing she could be doing a med degree but hear me out: i met and know and am friends with girls who studied double degree law/biomed, finish their law degree, said fuck it I'll be a lawyer what's so bad, otherwise i can come back, and now making big massive bucks. though i imagine sakura will specialise in personal injury cases as well as mental health tribunals, then might go back to university for her med degree. she will be that cousin who lived 6 lives already - was a doctor and a lawyer and your mother would not stop comparing you to her. she needs a bit of instinct training but her academics are spotless. sasuke is ruthless but can't connect with clients. naruto maybe brash and loud but he plays on people's heartstrings like a conductor when presenting a bail app or plea. everything is the way it is so that iruka can move naruto's admission to become a lawyer when he applies for admission at the supreme court

anyways iruka will retire from police work to teach full time, maybe sign on to work for a community legal centre to appear for bail apps for remanded offenders picked up in the cells. he accidentally yelled at kakashi one day to go out and kakashi thought it was too funny to not go along with. now they raise 8 dogs, 3 full grown adults and all of iruka's students together. they fight about everything, but might slip into really formal legalese (passover aggressive fuck-you) when they're being annoying or really pissed off. naruto sometimes has to adjudicate these fights and he can't stop being scared for his LIFE.

kakashi: your honour, my learned colleague here had erred in his submission that i had, conclusively, not promised such things

iruka immediately pulling out receipts: your honour, may i submit evidence contradicting otherwise

(they were fighting about whose turn it is to do the dishes. there were only oral agreements in place but once you're both lawyers you just get used to writing everything down and signing to bring up in an argument later)

(iruka also cross examines kakashi for funsies, but they mainly shelf this for when arguments are bad and they need to pull out the big guns)

anyways if anyone ends up writing this please tag me

#naruto #naruto shippuden #kakashi hatake #iruka umino #lawyers AU #fic idea #lawyers AND police prosecutor AU #kakairu #kkir #kkiru #pulled from multiple real life sources #naruto uzumaki #sasuke uchiha #team 7 #sakura haruno #genin as grad law students

[yamameta-inc]

Australian lawyer about hospitals in Queensland, Australia. Full tweet here.

Unconscionable numbers.

Call and write to your local hospital, where the same thing is probably happening. It happened to my own family. And it will keep happening unless things change.

#covid

[theblurbwitchproject]

Weyward by Emilia Hart

Published: February 2, 2023 Publisher: HarperCollins

The Author

Emilia Hart is a British-Australian writer. She was born in Sydney and studied English Literature and Law at the University of New South Wales before working as a lawyer in Sydney and London. She is a graduate of Curtis Brown Creative’s Three Month Online Novel Writing Course and was Highly Commended in the 2021 Caledonia Novel Award. Her short fiction has been published in Australia and the UK. Weyward is her debut novel. She lives in London.

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The Story

In Weyward, the narrative intertwines the lives of three women spanning five centuries. In 2019, Kate seeks solace in Weyward Cottage, escaping from London and her abusive partner. She slowly unravels a mystery hidden within the cottage's history, hinting at secrets from her great aunt's past and the 17th-century witch hunts. In 1619, Altha faces trial for a murder she didn't commit, relying on her unconventional nature magic to defend herself against accusations of witchcraft. Meanwhile, in 1942, Violet feels trapped by societal constraints and the prison of her family's estate, yearning for freedom and the memory of her mother, who was rumored to have gone mad before her death. The only remnants of her mother's existence are a locket marked with a mysterious "W" and the word "weyward" etched into the bedroom's baseboard. This novel masterfully weaves these women's tales together, revealing a compelling narrative of strength across generations and the transformative influence of the natural world.

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The Vibe: family lineage, nature magic, self discovery, witch trials, feminine strength, betrayal, forging your own path

The Style: historical fiction, magical realism, multiple povs, part epistolary, part narration, emotive

Trigger Warnings: imprisonment, domestic abuse, spousal rape, car accident death, entrapment by pregnancy, emotional abuse, suidical ideation, mention of stillbirth, “hysteria”, hysterectomy, abortion, misogyny

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The Review

I picked Weyward up on a whim and am so pleased that I did. Historical fiction mixed with magical realism and a dash of incredibly rich writing made it a real pleasure to read. The narrative weaves between three women across five centuries, deftly showcasing the myriad ways in which women demonstrate resilience and bravery under difficult circumstances.

Being totally honest, I often struggle with split narrative timelines in novels. I can’t be the only one who has found themselves bored with one section of a book, willing the boring chapters to end in order to get back to the characters I am invested in… right? Thankfully, Weyward’s leading ladies are all so fabulous and their stories so engaging, that I was invested in each timeline equally. This actually sped up my reading as the story progressed, as I wanted to find out how each character was doing in their timeline more and more desperately. If you want to read a moving story with wonderful characters that emphasizes the transformative power of nature, please pick this up!

Witch. The word slithers from the mouth like a serpent, drips from the tongue as thick and black as tar. We never thought of ourselves as witches, my mother and I. For this was a word invented by men, a word that brings power to those who speak it, not those it describes. A word that builds gallows and pyres, turns breathing women into corpses.

One thing I will say before really digging in to the review, is that there are a lot of trigger warnings for this novel (see above for a summary). Reading through the list, it may seem that this is a tome of sheer doom and gloom, but it actually didn’t feel that way to me. Obviously, a lot of the trigger warnings may be Hard Nos for some people, and that’s totally fair, however I found this story so engaging and the characters so strong, that the TWs didn’t beat me down as much as they could have. Being set across five centuries, this book explores a number of methods by which patriarchal societies abuse women.  From the outright cruelties of the 17th Century to the more insidious offences of modern society, there is a lot of violence and misogyny at work here. It can get difficult in parts, but I found myself uplifted by the women’s strength in the end.

Now, I’ve discussed how strong the characters are; let me properly introduce them to you! Kate, living in her 2019 timeline, wants to escape a violent partner and discover the truth about her family. Violet, in 1942 and the midst of the Second World War, wants to escape the societal confines and expectations of femininity and live a life she chooses. Altha in 1619 just wants to survive. I loved them all. I cared about them all. I may have even shed a tear or two over them (and books don’t make me cry super often). I particularly loved Violet and her sheer determination to live her own life. I really appreciated seeing her as a teen from her own perspective, as well as from Kate’s perspective looking back at Violet as an old woman. (I want grow up to be an eccentric old lady with the witchiest house in the world just like her!) The interlacing of their stories is so well conceived, it really feels like you’re seeing a cohesive timeline rather than random sections plonked together.

Perhaps one day, she said, there would be a safer time. When women could walk the earth, shining bright with power, and yet live.

There is so much witchcraft detail in this book, dropped in so sneakily and creatively, I just loved it! All the leading ladies have Witch Marks (which definitely need to be used in witchy stories more frequently), but they’re not overly emphasized… they’re just there and mentioned in passing in various subtle ways. The way the Familiars work is also super cool; not every animal can be a familiar, and they aren’t necessarily easily controlled, but they provide emotional support and do their witches’ bidding when needed. I especially loved the constant presence of the crows, which at first seem wild and dangerous, but eventually become as important to the plot as the leading characters as symbols of power. And I love, love, love how the magic stems so much from the witches’ connection to the natural world. It just felt so right to me.

One notable factor in Weyward for me was how deftly Emilia Hart wove historical facts into the narrative. From the Lancashire Assizes to the Pendle Witch Trials and King James I and his obsession with Witch Hunts, Altha’s timeline felt so based in history as to be almost visceral. This sort of thing really happened to living women. I was especially impressed by the use of the Great Comet of 1618; Hart definitely did her research in order to place her story firmly in the real world, with an additional magical touch.

There was something about us – the Weyward women – that bonded us more tightly with the natural world. We can feel it, she said, the same way we feel rage, sorrow or joy. The animals, the birds, the plants – they let us in, recognising us as one of their own. That is why roots and leaves yield so easily under our fingers, to form tonics that bring comfort and healing. That is why animals welcome our embrace. Why the crows – the ones who carry the sign – watch over us and do our bidding, why their touch brings our abilities into sharpest relief.

Weyward has become one of my favourite reads for 2024, and has 100% got a solid seat in my Top Ten of the Year. It is endlessly impressive to me that is was Emilia Hart’s DEBUT NOVEL. Seriously, my hat is off to her for creating a story that felt so real and so magical at the same time. I will definitely be reading more of her work as it is published. If my recommendation isn’t enough, Weyward also won Goodreads’ Best Historical Fiction title in 2023. And if you buy a physical copy of the book, you get a neat little flip book of a crow flying in the page corners. If all that doesn’t sell it to you, I don’t know what will.

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[soup-mother]

the entire Australian family court/child protective system is just so unbelievably fucked it's almost unbelievable. just so consistently dedicated to kidnapping indigenous children while protecting abusers. obviously Australia is a patriarchal hellhole but especially how that relates to the family is just fucked. just fuck, what a fucked country.

it feels like every second kid in the country is trapped in some fucked divorce/seperation proceedings with the most maliciously incompetent cops, social workers, lawyers and parents. and then everyone wonders why youth crime and shit are so high. and then fucking Christians and other assorted dipshits acting like the solution is MORE nuclear family somehow, like it represents people not being devoted to eachother and not the economy being fucked and families being abusive.

really feels like one of the defining traits of this country is the worst most incompetent handling of divorce, seperation and abuse you've ever seen, with the most misogynistic cops you'll ever see who won't even listen once someone's been killed over it. fuck

youth liberation is so vital, fucking hell.

#my post #australia #family abolition #youth liberation #I will never not hate how the cops refuse to listen to abuse victims here #fucking monsters

[collapsedsquid]

The general question that might be asked is - why is infrastructure more expensive in English-speaking countries, seemingly, than in places like Spain or Japan? (and it is) Is there just too much consultation? Do Anglosphere polities just give too much damn say to people who don’t want to be pushed out of the way for the common good? And my answer is … yes and no. Basically, I am not sure that the UK/US/Australian system really does have more veto points and people wanting to be bribed or look after local interests than anywhere else. But it seems very likely to me that the Anglo-Saxon system of governance does have one characteristic that makes it much more likely that every single such potential sticking point will become an actual sticking point. And that characteristic is “a healthy, vigorous and well-resourced professional services industry”. We know that this is one of the crowning glories of common law economies - it’s the great big intangible asset which was created in the time of William the Conqueror, has been invested in relatively consistently for nearly a thousand years, and which generates consequent outsize returns. But if you’ve got such an industry, then you have to respect it as a system. And as a system, it generates fee income. That’s what it’s there to do. And you can’t expect that it’s going to differentiate between one sort of fee income and another. Everyone involved in infrastructure procurement is paid according to a proportion of the costs, either contractually or de facto. So my first-order explanation for why it is that common-law countries spend so much on consultations, inquiries and litigation over every little bit of public investment is that there are lots of nice family houses in conveniently located London suburbs, the mortgages on which depend on this being so. [...] And unfortunately, I don’t see much that can be done about this. The cost of building railway lines in England is largely due to the presence of very aggressive and skilful consultants and lawyers. But the revenue base that pays for the infrastructure is also largely due to the presence of a big and successful professional services industry. We’ve somehow created a pathological relationship between the two, but it’s not obvious how you can cut out the bad bit while leaving all the valuable stuff alone.

[secular-jew]

From Oli London

""Australia’s biggest antisemite Maram Susli aka Syrian Girl/Partisan Girl set to be sued for defamation after she falsely named a Jewish university student, Ben Cohen, as the Sydney mall stabber.

The virulent antisemite from Syria, who openly supports multiple designated terror organizations including Hezbollah and Hamas, is one of several people being sued for defamation.

Ben Cohen, a 20 year old university student was wrongly named by the X user and others falsely accusing him of being the mall stabber- which led to him receiving thousands of hate messages and death threats.

Syrian Girl took to X on Saturday claiming “Also turns out the attacker was a Jew” before wrongly naming the university student.

Over 50,000 posts were shared with the innocent man’s name in the wake of the mall attack.

It then led to Australian news Channel 7 reporting his name, after it had gone viral from Syrian Girls post.

In the aftermath of Cohen being misidentified, the Australian Jewish Association offered to get a lawyer for him to help sue Syrian Girl.

Now the student has lawyered up choosing one of Australias most famous defamation lawyers, Rebekah Giles to handle his lawsuit.

Channel 7 Australia is also being sued for peddling the claim that Cohen was responsible for the attack.

The channel said: “The mistake was human error. It was escalated immediately and rectified. Seven sincerely apologises for the error.”

In a video statement after he was falsely named Cohen spoke of his distress:

“It’s extremely disappointing to me to see people mindlessly propagating this information like this without even the slightest thought put into fact-checking.

But, what’s even more disappointing for me is a major news network doing this – using my name without waiting for a statement from the police this, or going out to try to verify it themselves.

This whole incident has been highly distressing and disappointing to myself and my family.”

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[kailashlawyer]

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[maranofamilylawyers]

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[maslows-pyramid-scheme]

How can you tell someone comes from a middle class background? Besides the usual being white and having perfect teeth stereotype stuff.

Good question, but I don't think there's a single answer to this one, I usually just pick up the vibe from how people talk and what they're used to (that's how I know that the 'all working-class girls get to the age and have to make The Choice' is larper BS).

A few things I've noticed that are middle-class (++ for the super clear signs, + for the things that could be signs but might need something else):

If they talk about being a former gifted kid (++);

If they're super into mental health culture (++);

If they're white and know, as a friend or family member, a doctor, lawyer, academic, etc. (++);

If they're white and they predominantly eat 'ethnic' food (at least in Australia - bonus points if they're obsessed with 'street food' (+);

If they're white and they assumed that college/university was a given (+);

If they're white and they have 'stereotypical' middle-class/upper-class interests (going to the theatre, ballet, opera, etc.) (+);

If they don't really think about very small amounts of money (this can be complicated, but my former 'friend' got upset with me when I didn't spend some cents to catch the bus back to university ((I didn't have that sort of money)) (+).

But, in saying that, there are differences between rural working-class and urban working-class, American working-class and Australian working-class, white working-class and non-white working-class, and I'm only really familiar with Australian urban working-class.

I don't know if anybody else had anything they wanted to add?

#most of the big working-class posts circulating radblr seem like they were written by larpers to me (including that big one) #there are language and cultural differences too but that's a bit more nuanced #anon

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Big night for CNN, out with a story about document boxes being loaded onto a Trump plane bound for Bedminster, New Jersey, on the same day the Department of Justice showed up to receive a folder of top secret documents from a Trump lawyer who certified they were the only secret documents she and lawyer Evan Corcoran could find.

According to an interview by CNN with former Trump valet Brian Butler, referred to six times in the classified documents indictment as “Trump Employee #5,” the boxes were loaded onto the Trump plane on June 3, 2022, as Trump’s lawyers, Christina Bobb and Evan Corcoran, were meeting with Jay Bratt, the prosecutor from the Department of Justice in charge of the classified documents case.  Christina Bobb famously signed a certification to the DOJ that a “diligent search” had been conducted at Mar a Lago, and that the 31 documents being handed over that day were the sum total of all the classified documents that had been found.

Two months later, in August, FBI agents would execute a search warrant and discover more than 100 additional top secret documents in Trump’s private office, including several marked with the highest classification, “Top Secret/SCI,” or “Top Secret – Secure Compartmented Information.”

Former valet Butler told CNN that he was surprised to get a phone call from Trump’s “body man,” Walt Nauta, on June 3, asking if he could borrow one of Butler’s Cadillac Escalade SUV’s to help carry material to the West Palm Beach airport to be loaded onto a Trump airplane.  Butler was told that Trump and his family were flying to Bedminster for the summer that day.  Butler told CNN he was not usually called upon to move luggage to the private Trump jet and thought it was also unusual that Nauta asked for the favor “in a guarded way,” CNN reported.

Butler used his own SUV to carry Trump family luggage to the airport, while Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira, both of whom were indicted with Trump, used the Escalade he had loaned to Nauta to move the rest of the material.  “They were the boxes that were in the indictment, the white bankers boxes. That’s what I remember loading,” Butler told CNN.

Butler described his relationship with Nauta as “best friends,” at least until questions about the classified documents found by the FBI at Mar a Lago began coming up.  Butler told CNN that on one of the frequent “nightly walks” he took with Nauta around their neighborhood in West Palm Beach, Nauta told him that he, Nauta, Butler, and De Oliveira were “all dirty” when it came to the boxes they had moved around inside of Mar a Lago and to the Trump airplane on June 3.  De Oliveira repeatedly urged Butler to sign up with the same attorney Trump had provided to himself and Nauta, but Butler demurred, choosing instead to hire a former U.S. Attorney in Florida, Jeffrey Sloman.  Butler met “repeatedly” with prosecutors for the office of Special Counsel Jack Smith, according to CNN. 

In one interview, Butler told prosecutors about a time he was driving Australian billionaire Anthony Pratt and his chief of staff in the Spring of 2021 when he heard Pratt talking about secrets of U.S. and Russian nuclear submarines he had heard from Trump while he was visiting Mar a Lago.  Pratt was a paid member of the Trump club at the time.  It was on May 6, 2021, that the National Archives first formally requested that Trump turn over any and all classified and non-classified documents Trump had removed from the White House when he left office.  On May 8, the British newspaper, the Daily Mail, had a photographer at the West Palm Beach airport who took photographs of Trump boarding a private jet to fly to his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey.  The photographs show several Trump aides loading a half dozen or more bankers boxes of documents into the jet.

On July 21, 2021, just two months later, Trump showed a top secret military “plan of attack” on Iran to an interviewer who was working on a book with Trump’s former chief of staff, Mark Meadows.  The interview took place at the Trump golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey.

Before Butler signed with his own private attorney, he was witness to two conversations between Trump and De Oliveira when Trump asked De Oliveira, “Are we good?”  After one conversation De Oliveira had with Trump on the phone in the presence of Butler, he said Trump had promised to get him a lawyer.  In another conversation Butler told prosecutors about, Nauta asked him “to make sure Carlos (De Oliveira) is good.”  Butler told CNN that he twice assured Nauta that De Oliveira was “loyal and wouldn’t do anything to hurt his relationship with Trump.”  It was after that conversation that Butler decided to get his own lawyer and broke contact with the two men who ended up being indicted with Trump.

Based on the new CNN report, we now know that boxes of documents were moved from Mar a Lago to Bedminster twice – once in May of 2021 immediately after the National Archives had requested that Trump turn over documents he took from the White House, and again in June of 2022, on the very day the DOJ had shown up at Mar a Lago to take possession of what they were told were all the classified documents being held there.

What happened to the classified documents Trump took with him to Bedminster is not known.  It is also unknown why the FBI never searched the Trump New Jersey golf club.

Trump has recently filed motions to dismiss the Mar a Lago indictments based on spurious claims of “absolute immunity” and an entire made-up claim that the Presidential Records Act permitted him to possess classified documents.  Special Counsel Smith has opposed both motions.  The judge in the case, whose previous decisions in the case have been overturned twice by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, has yet to rule on the Trump motions to dismiss.

[Lucian Truscott]

#stolen documents #CNN #TFG #Lucian Truscott

[a-cloud-for-dreams]

Hello I’m here to demand you tell me everything about Scarlet SanDiego pretty pretty pls with a Cherry on top

EEEEEK *takes in deep breath* ok this is a long one

-> Scarlett Vera Sandiego

Sister: Xiomara Isabel Calloway

Animated FC: Princess Elena Castillo Flores from EOA (different eye color and auburn hair)

Fandom: Carmen Sandiego 2019/Laws of Attraction

Designated Tag: #scarlett sandiego oc

LI: Soren Reinhart (OC; International Spy)

I also remembered my OG LOA MC literally after you made the ask 😭 (Kavya "Kavi" Asvaldr Nikatas I think, also she/her who is besties with my CoP MC) and I actually was gonna end up pairing her with Thomas in an alt MOTY Universe! Though I haven't finished the series yet so Thomas was gonna be my backup LI unless I decide who she wants to be with/stay single. The idea of her 7th wheeling is hilarious to me. So if she sounds more interesting for the Windverse™️ feel free to tell me. It might even be easier since she's a blank slate that I can add to after replaying

I don't really know where to begin so this post is kind of gonna be a mess/super vague uhhhh

Nickname(s): Scar

Pronouns: She/Her

Sexuality/Preference: Bisexual

Religious Identity: Agnostic

Birthday/Zodiac: December 15 (Sagittarius) 

Major: Lawyer

Born/Raised: Buenos Aires, Argentina -> Sydney, Australia

Parents: Carmen Sandiego (Superthief -> Philanthropist) and Graham "Crackle" Calloway (Ex-Electrician; Deceased in "Accidental" Fire)

Ethnicity(?): Argentinian and Indigenous Australian

Trivia: Central Heterochromia (Hazel-Gray Eyes)

Life Motto: "Find your inner flame"

Connection w/ Other MCs: Friends with OPH MC and I believe she's distantly related to my ACOR MC? I have to check lol

I'm literally blanking rn but basically, her parents used to be thieves and part of a secret evil organization (her mom was raised there from birth and met her dad at the same school), and after they defeated said organization, they settled down (even started the Scarlet Sheep Orphanage) but ofc the leaders of [organization] weren't gonna let them live happily ever after. So they staged a fire that killed Gray. Scar ran back inside after she saw her father die. She lived with a lot of resentment towards the organization and specifically the people who killed her father, but eventually, she was able to take that grief and do everything she could in her power to ensure justice is always served (literally, she's a fashion icon in my head). She didn't have a conventional family growing up but there was a lot of love (ninja grandfather, mechanic aunt and racecar driver uncle, secret agent godparents, famous singer aunt, and-)

How They Look Like:

From left to right: Scarlett Sandiego (art by @procrastinateland) and Kavya Nikatas

#omg it's been 84 years since I've talked about my beloved she was my very first OC *ever* #she has a lot of alt universes so the people here from my The Scars of Revenge era may be a lil confused that is another reason LOA MC 2 #might be easier to work with but again I don't wanna be a hassle 😭 #asks #scarlett sandiego oc #mir's musings 💬 #carmen sandeigo netflix #carmen sandiego #graham calloway #tdp soren #xiomara calloway oc #playchoices #mother of the year #thomas mendez #red crackle #wholesome memories 📸 #kavya nikatas oc #laws of attraction