Flicker's replacement finds he has to play it by Rafferty's rules.

Rafferty's court is thrown into turmoil by a mysterious thief in Rafferty's office.

The police are called in to protect Rafferty when he starts receiving threats.

The courthouse becomes the centre of the fallout from a Secret Intelligence Agency training exercise.

Michael, Paulyne and Gibson find their ethics challenged when they deal with a man accused of raping his wife; however, it soon becomes apparent to all that the case is far more sinister than they ever could have imagined.

Michael takes responsibility for a foreign woman after she shows up on his doorstep.

Rafferty's 6-year-old son goes missing.

Michael's hopes of reuniting with his estranged wife are dashed when Joanne reveals that she has come to visit to end their relationship, and then their son falls ill.

New Legal Aid solicitor Lisa Blake starts work at the courthouse; however, she soon finds herself coming into conflict with Michael when she grandstands in the courtroom, then fails to fully prepare a case in mitigation for a defendant.

The entire courthouse struggles to cope when Michael is forced to decide whether a man accused of murder has a case to answer.

Lisa defends a young man who seems to be heading for the same life of crime as his father once did, but she refuses to believe Ray Brown's claims that the father's intentions are anything but honourable.

More than one life is on the line after a former children's television performer is charged with propositioning young boys for sex in the changing rooms of a local swimming pool.

A criminal nicknamed 'The Hairy Bandit' is causing havoc and the courthouse is feeling the impact.

Michael begins to wonder if someone is trying to put a spell on him after a number of suspicious run-ins with a member of a religious commune.

Michael is drawn into the world of a struggling young family after he witnesses a woman being hit by a car.

Flicker is horrified after he discovers just what conditions are faced by those in the police cells awaiting trial.

Flicker finds himself wandering into a murky world of corruption when he prosecutes a case against a police officer who has broken the law and where the key witness is a serial whistleblower.

A convicted criminal whose ex-wife is about to marry a police officer comes before the court accused of assault.

Michael and Flicker befriend the beachcomber and poet, Snowy White; however, their admiration is crushed when it begins to appear that Snowy may be guilty of murder.

An elderly journalist is arrested for shoplifting.

Michael is consumed by guilt after he hits a man with his car; however he starts to wonder if maybe there are deeper issues at play when he seeks guidance on how to deal with his feelings.