Most Recent
Mecca resolves suit over post-maternity leave redundancy
The former head of brand marketing at Mecca Brand has dropped her lawsuit alleging the cosmetics retailer violated the Fair Work Act by making her position redundant after a period of maternity leave.
ASIC wins bankruptcy orders against ‘ASX Wolf’ Tyson Scholz
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has won sequestration orders against Gold Coast 'finfluencer' Tyson Scholz after he failed to pay the regulator's costs in proceedings that resulted in him being permanently barred from carrying on a unlicensed financial services business.
Judge orders soft class closure in ‘junk’ insurance class action
A judge has ordered soft class closure in a class action against Suncorp unit AAI over allegedly worthless insurance, saying that knowing how many of the 200,000 group members are likely to participate would assist in resolving the case.
ER doctors hit Melbourne hospital with underpayments suit
Twenty-six emergency doctors have brought an underpayments lawsuit against Melbourne hospital operator Austin Health, claiming that for the past six year they have not been paid the full amount they are owed.
Just how far from pay equity is your law firm?
The numbers are in and most of Australia's largest law firms have a long way to go in fixing the gender pay gap. Here, Lawyerly looks at the pay gap data provided by more than 50 law firms.
‘So what?’ Judge says rate-rigging class action can’t impose views on registration
A judge has ordered soft class closure ahead of mediation in a class action against five major banks over alleged foreign exchange rate-rigging, saying the applicant's subjective view on what will assist mediation should not be imposed on the banks.
Bureau of Meteorology challenges ruling on exec’s unfair dismissal over Paris trip
The Bureau of Meteorology has appealed a judgment that found a former senior executive was unfairly fired after taking a business-class trip to Paris.
Plaintiff firms, IP boutiques among worst law firms for pay equity
Australia's largest plaintiff law firms and IP boutiques are among the worst law practices when it comes to pay equity, with some of them having a gender pay gap more than double the legal services industry median gap of 17.1 per cent.
AGL Energy class action to be discontinued after search for new funder fails
The applicant in a competition class action against AGL Energy has failed to find another funder to back the case after the original funder that bankrolled the case withdrew its support.
Auction site Grays to cop $10M penalty for misleading car info
Online auction business Grays has agreed to pay a $10 million penalty for engaging in misleading and deceptive conduct by posting hundreds of descriptions of cars for sale on its website that contained incorrect information.