Champagne powder

Ski travel story published in Lawyers Weekly magazine (30 May). "It sparkles in the dry air and falls like fine sugar from your skis, Kate Gibbs goes in search of the world's best powder snow."

Post-it pedantics

Article published on Richard Ackland's site Justinian today (29 May). "Should document retention policies extend to the Post-it note and other forms of smoke signals? The forensic experts are being called in to advise on how tiny disposable documents can be factored into data management systems. Kate Gibbs has drum"

Russh magazine commission

'Australia's best fashion magazine'  Russh has kindly commissioned me to do a feature article for an upcoming issue. See www.russhaustralia.com

Career maker or waste of paper?

Feature article published on Friday in Lawyers Weekly magazine (23 May). Is the MBA an embellishment for those who want to legitimise their thirst for power, or is it an essential means of teaching partners what they really need to know? Views on the value of the MBA vary. Kate Gibbs reports

Breaking (legal) news

Article 'Professional ethics or protecting the patch' published in Justinian (23 May). Just as things are warming up for insolvency practitioners they conjure a code of practice designed to stay the hand of the Fast Eddie’s of liquidation. Justice Bob Austin complains about “some uncomfortably long liquidations”. Kate Gibbs reports

Travel and such

A sample of travel stories from the past few months published in Lawyers Weekly magazine. From Dubai's luxurious resorts to how to find an apartment in Paris.

Parisian chic

Don't even think about waiting to find an apartment when you get there. Kate Gibbs explains how to do it like the French do - in style.

"... The real pulse is found by the long term stayer who experiences Paris the way its inhabitants do. Picking over roast chicken in an apartment with friends as the summer breeze flows in through the Juliet balcony; visiting the markets to stock up on fresh strawberries and goats cheese, mescalin salad and semi-dried figs; sipping Martell cognac or Ricard pastis in a local bar (a dog sitting in the chair next to you at the table). That is, the real Paris."

Oh, brave new world

Nothing shows up Dubai's luxury like its destination hotels. Five star? Pah! Kate Gibbs explores Dubai's palatial resorts

Old lady of London

The best part about rail travel is the grand railway station. In the ambit of Marilyn Monroe in Some Like it Hot - long white gloves and crocodile suitcases, Armani-scented gentlemen with manners - the idea of rail travel is altogether glamorous. But the whole travel part - compartmentalised food trays, sharing bathrooms, travelling backwards - is far less enchanting. Which is why London's Landmark Hotel has hit the spot. It's railway travel without the trains.

Movement at the station

In an appointments story for Richard Ackland's Justinian (13 May), Kate Gibbs reveals why Byron Koster leaves Blake Dawson for Corrs, and why Simon Crawford joins him from ANZ Bank.

Evening Standard

Access a couple of examples of my work from The Evening Standard in London, where I worked as a journalist for a couple of years (2002-03). See 'Do masks do the job?', 'My nightmare teaching job', and the 'London Marathon Special' as examples. 

Oz lawyers reject BlackBerry ban

Richard Ackland's Justinian published 'Oz lawyers reject BlackBerry ban' today (2 May). "Australian lawyers share their thoughts about the BlackBerry. One US firm has banned them from meetings because they were more distracting than helpful. Kate Gibbs found a Sydney law firm partner who thinks they're ruining people's (sex) lives."