http://www.thepunch.com.au/tags/marcus-einfeld/ Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/when-a-small-lie-becomes-a-big-lie-and-ruins-everything/ Everyone tells small lies all the time. Most of us know when it’s time to come clean, or at least change the subject. Others take small lies, like, “I wasn’t driving at the time”, and turn it into a big lie, like, “I know two female academics of the same name and got them mixed up”, and end up in jail like Marcus Einfeld. There are deliberate hoaxers who lie to sell books or get ahead in their careers, like Helen Darville, aka Helen Demidenko. penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/when-a-small-lie-becomes-a-big-lie-and-ruins-everything/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/when-a-small-lie-becomes-a-big-lie-and-ruins-everything/#item1413 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 The humiliation of Marcus Einfeld is now complete. The NSW Court of Appeal struck him off this week, concurring with the argument of the NSW Bar Association that he is not a “fit and proper person” to practice as a lawyer ever again. Representing the Bar Association, Barrister Christine Adamson SC said Einfeld’s speeding case showed he considered himself to be “above the law” and displayed “extraordinary hubris” in thinking he could use his “skill and ingenuity” as a respected lawyer of some 40 years to trick a court into cancelling a speeding fine. A $77 speeding fine.The public reveled in it, as Einfeld for many years had been one of the greatest offenders of the deep-seated Australian belief that being massively up yourself is close on the worst crime a person can commit. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/how-the-marcus-einfeld-story-was-almost-not-written/ The humiliation of Marcus Einfeld is now complete. The NSW Court of Appeal struck him off this week, concurring with the argument of the NSW Bar Association that he is not a “fit and proper person” to practice as a lawyer ever again. Representing the Bar Association, Barrister Christine Adamson SC said Einfeld’s speeding case showed he considered himself to be “above the law” and displayed “extraordinary hubris” in thinking he could use his “skill and ingenuity” as a respected lawyer of some 40 years to trick a court into cancelling a speeding fine. A $77 speeding fine.The public reveled in it, as Einfeld for many years had been one of the greatest offenders of the deep-seated Australian belief that being massively up yourself is close on the worst crime a person can commit. penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/how-the-marcus-einfeld-story-was-almost-not-written/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/how-the-marcus-einfeld-story-was-almost-not-written/#item721 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 The humiliation of Marcus Einfeld is now complete. The NSW Court of Appeal struck him off this week, concurring with the argument of the NSW Bar Association that he is not a “fit and proper person” to practice as a lawyer ever again. Representing the Bar Association, Barrister Christine Adamson SC said Einfeld’s speeding case showed he considered himself to be “above the law” and displayed “extraordinary hubris” in thinking he could use his “skill and ingenuity” as a respected lawyer of some 40 years to trick a court into cancelling a speeding fine. A $77 speeding fine.The public reveled in it, as Einfeld for many years had been one of the greatest offenders of the deep-seated Australian belief that being massively up yourself is close on the worst crime a person can commit.