Corporate identity, statutory interpretation and keywords

Monday 29 November 2010 has been a busy day for Victorians. After a long wait, John Brumby conceded defeat in the Victorian state election. However, while politics tragics may have been waiting most of the day with bated breath, criminal law geeks received a feast of decisions from the Court of Appeal. Three in particular deserve special mention.

The media and the law

The Australian's Chris Merrit has had a good week reporting on Chief Justice Marilyn Warren's Richard Searby oration. By my count, there have been at least three separate reports and the oration has prompted one editorial in the Australian. The Sydney Morning Herald and the Age have also gotten in on the act, publishing edited extracts of the speech and on Friday the Herald Sun joined the chorus.

Though while scorekeeping can be an interesting game in itself, the more interesting part concerns the particular responses of the media.