James Allsop AC is a giant of the Australian legal fraternity. His reputation precedes him and in this episode the Elephants do a deep dive into James’ perspectives on everything from the role of the judge, judicial bullying, the Novak Djokevic legal unreasonableness case, and the learnings about right brain thinking he got from reading the book “The Master and his Emissary” by famed polymath and thinker, Dr Ian McGilchrist. And much more…

In this their pilot episode, the elephants speak with criminal barrister Zoe Alderton about wishing the judge a good morning, the Mr Big policing technique and what she learnt about life during her time at the Aboriginal Legal Service.

Justice Peter Hamill sits as a judge of the New South Wales Supreme Court and the Court of Criminal Appeal. In this episode he speaks with a refreshing and powerful candour about the important topic of mental health issues for both judges and barristers. We hope you enjoy the conversation.

James Allsop AC is a giant of the Australian legal fraternity. His reputation precedes him and in this episode the Elephants do a deep dive into James’ perspectives on everything from the role of the judge, judicial bullying, the Novak Djokevic legal unreasonableness case, and the learnings about right brain thinking he got from reading the book “The Master and his Emissary” by famed polymath and thinker, Dr Ian McGilchrist. And much more…so let’s get started.

Famed criminal barrister, Margaret Cunneen SC is the guest and star of this episode of The Elephant in the Courtroom. She speaks about her 40 years of experience at both ends of the bar table covering everything from death threats, sexual assault, including the highly publicised trial of Bilal Skaf, and why she called her book “The Boxing Butterfly: a life of Conviction.”

In this episode the boys welcome former District Court of New South Wales judge, Stephen Walmsley SC or who Awais ambitiously likes to simply call, Stephen. They cover the things Stephen hated from barristers when he was a judge, what went through his mind when sentencing offenders, and what it was like to have Awais appear before him in a jury trial in Burke with 10 witnesses placing his client at the scene of the crime.

This is The Elephant in the Courtroom, a show about the law, its people and what goes on behind the routine appearance of the legal machine.