Ace, Saintsational and the Federal Court

[FQF]

Terry Smith Rules mentioned Mordy Bromberg in another thread which led me to read his official welcome in the Federal Court upon being appointed a judge. These are very formal occasions with 16 Federal Court judges sitting on the bench and a number of important barristers making welcome speeches to the new judge.

This is an excerpt from the speech of Mr Corcoran, President of the Law Council:

"...And mentioning St Kilda, your Honour’s appointment to this court has caused great excitement not only in legal circles, but certainly in St Kilda circles. I have been referred to a website known as saintsational.com. This is a website where St Kilda fans can blog about all things Saint-related, and it featured a thread on your Honour after your appointment to the Federal Court was announced.

During this web-based discussion between Saints fans, your Honour is described – perhaps unfairly – as an honest battler on the football field who once won a colour TV for a best on ground performance in a pre-season game. But I thought the most interesting observation was from the blogger Ace who is said to be a St Kilda life member who, on hearing of your appointment, wrote:

Does the Federal Court have jurisdiction over a national competition like the AFL? If it does, we may at last receive some justice."

http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/F ... 09/24.html

[philtee]

Terrific find FQF.

[Bunk_Moreland]

Bet it isn't the first time Ace has had dealings with the judicial system

[markp]

[sunsaint]

i think the motto for saintsational should be
"its the vibe of the place"

Well done Mordi

[asiu]

nice.

[bigcarl]

Haha, we've made it

[Stephen Theodore]

Nice read

[kosifantutti]

And the original thread:
http://saintsational.net/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=58545

[fingers]

Love it.