Represented by well-known colourful lawyer John Tannahill, Mr Jefferies took his grievance to the High Court, where Justice Ron Young was quick to find there was ample evidence to justify a conviction.
Undeterred, lawyers Jefferies and Tannahill tried to get Justice Young to give leave to appeal to the Court of Appeal, claiming His Honour made three errors in law when dismissing the appeal.
In an equally brief "No I didn't" judgment, Justice Young put paid to the matter by refusing leave to appeal.
[It would be unkind to say too much about barrister John Andrew Tannahill, except that after some historic misunderstanding with the New Zealand Law Society, he is back in the tent and generally considered good company.]
Lawyer Jefferies hit the headlines again last year when he told a Wellington jury a young woman raped by bouncer George Jason Pule in an alleyway could have closed her legs if she didn't want sex.
His comments were met with public outrage, disgust and condemnation.
Pule was jailed for nine years.
Then, just the other day, Mr Jefferies' name was back in the news involving something a bit more serious.
This time his bid for name suppression came to an end and he was revealed as having earlier been charged with possession of Class A drugs LSD and methamphetamine, Class B ecstasy, and possession of tools used for smoking methamphetamine.
Lawyer Jefferies, who denies the alleged offending and claims the items belonged to other people, was charged in July following the termination of a police operation in which his home, car and office were searched and the items located.
District court judge David Cameron refused to suppress Mr Jefferies' name, but granted interim suppression so he could ask the High Court to keep it secret.
Judge Cameron described the case against Mr Jefferies as strong - based on a police summary.
In his bid for continued name suppression Mr Jefferies failed to convince Justice David Collins that publication would cause extreme hardship to both himself and his legal partner Simon Raizis - who is not implicated.
Justice Collins rejected all Mr Jefferies' arguments, including his suggestion that his clients in forthcoming trials may be judged "guilty by association."
Mr Jefferies elected not to appeal Justice Collin's decision and suppression - except for publication of Mr Jefferies' home address - was lifted on October 2.
According to Justice Collins, it was regrettable that many in the legal profession had to "take the precaution of deleting reference to their home addresses in publicly available records."
Petals By Any Other Names
There is relief in the Ladies & Escorts Lounge that those of esteemed rank who inhabit Gender Bender Nook can continue to use their drag names on Facebook.
A shame-faced Facebook - which has long required its users to go by their real names for security purposes - has said sorry for deleting accounts which used drag names such as Lil Miss Hot Mess and Sister Roma rather than "legal" names.
A Facebook bigwig now reckons the spirit of the policy doesn't actually mean a person's legal name, but "the authentic name they use in real life."
"Praise be to holy orders for that," squealed His Honour (drag name withheld by request), downing a beaker of Parfait d'Amour.
"OMATB is not a drag name," said Our Man At The Bar.
"Where does that leave me???" said Madame le Scunnoire.
"Bloody time, too," burped a pair of mature lady briefs, darning a sequined longbottom.
[Other comments are far too risqué for general distribution.]
Farmer's Wife In Justice Carve-Up
Corks popped after heavy odds laid off down Vulcan Lane came up trumps for new Justice Minister Amy Adams (43), who has a law degree with first class honours from Canterbury University, and was picked by CaseLoad on September 25 ahead of Simon Bridges.
She succeeds Papakura MP Judith Collins, who resigned from the cabinet in August.
Maverick punters tried to skew the odds by backing outsider Paula Bennett, who had no show on this track, but in fifth place is now the highest-ranked woman in the cabinet.
A former minister of the environment and communications, Mrs Adams - the wife of a farmer - became MP for Selwyn in 2008 and is one of a crop of younger talent seen as consolidating the National Party's future governing prospects.
Before entering parliament she was a partner in boutique Christchurch firm Mortlock McCormack Law.
Auckland-born Mrs Adams is popular in her National southern stronghold, increasing her majority to 20,561 in this election, and now ranked seventh in the cabinet.
Simon Bridges, also a lawyer, is associate justice minister.
Clash Of Competing Crocodiles
In the Clash of Competing Crocodiles, Justice David Collins brought all his judicial wisdom to bear on whether the croc facing right took advantage of the one facing left.
Or was it the other way round? Did it matter?
In what resembled a Steve Irwin moment, Justice Collins ruled in favour of French clothing manufacturer Lacoste in its long-running reptilian wrestle with Singapore-based competitor Crocodile International.
Justice Collins found himself confronted with details of which croc was highly stylised, which was more realistic, which was green with a hint of red inside its open jaws, which faced the right, which faced the left, which had aggressive wide open jaws and which was more relaxed.
Lacoste and Crocodile International were at loggerheads for years over the confusion the similarities of their respective crocodiles created in the lucrative casual clothing market.
In 2003 Crocodile International agreed to assign the disputed trade mark to Lacoste, effective from June 2004.
Four years later Crocodile claimed Lacoste had not put the trade mark to genuine used and wanted it revoked.
After more High Court wrangling, the assistant commissioner of trade marks revoked registration of the crocodile trade mark assigned to Lacoste in 2004 because she believed Lacoste had failed to demonstrate genuine use of the trade mark over some years.
Justice Collins found the assistant commissioner was wrong.
At the end of the day it was clear Lacoste's crocodile trade mark had been used in New Zealand between 2005 and 2008 - the period Crocodile International claimed it wasn't.
Justice Collins allowed Lacoste's appeal against the assistant commissioner's decision, set aside the order revoking the trade mark and awarded Lacoste costs.
Footnote: Lacoste, it will be remembered, was founded by French tennis star Rene "the Crocodile" Lacoste in 1927.
Polo shirts embroidered with a crocodile device appeared about 1933, when the crocodile device and the word "CROCODILE" were registered as trade marks in France. Lacoste crocodile trade marks are now registered in 137 countries.
After years of international expansion, Lacoste clothing using the Lacoste crocodile was sold in New Zealand from 1983.
Crocodile International used the word Crocodile and the crocodile marks since 1947.
No Need To Fuss Over Spy Master Role
Attorney-General Christopher Finlayson's appointment as minister in charge of the NZ security intelligence service and minister responsible for the GCSB is sound and timely.
While regarded by some as a prissy fuss-pot, this Attorney-General is also considered a safe, careful and clean pair of hands.
His robust commitment to the rule of law - coupled with the statutory functions of the Attorney-General - should ensure legalities surrounding national security and the gathering of intelligence are scrupulously adhered to.
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