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Lawyer’s bungled court filing dooms helicopter injury case
Personal injury 2018-08-21 12:52 pm By Christine Caulfield

A helicopter passenger who suffered serious injuries in an accident near Alice Springs has lost a challenge to the dismissal of his case, with an appeals court ruling a Slater & Gordon lawyer’s defective statement of claim — lodged on the last day of the limitations period — was not accepted by a registry of the Northern Territory Supreme Court. 

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ACCC lost cartel case because Loyal, Cascade were not competitors, judge rules
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-08-20 11:44 pm By Christine Caulfield

The two coal companies at the centre of an ACCC case alleging an unlawful agreement to rig the tender process for mining exploration licenses were not competitors, a judge has ruled in dismissing the watchdog’s cartel case.

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Murray Goulburn faces second class action over profit downgrade
Class Actions 2018-08-20 2:04 pm By Christine Caulfield

Milk supplier Murray Goulburn has been hit with a second class action over its profit forecast revision in 2016 that wiped 40 percent off the dairy cooperative’s investment value.

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High Court to hear ASIC appeal in outback book-up case
Appeals 2018-08-20 11:25 am By Christine Caulfield

The corporate watchdog has won special leave to appeal to the High Court a ruling that found a general store owner in outback South Australia who sold cars by “book up” had not acted unconscionably.

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Foodora enters administration, leaves landmark cases in limbo
Employment 2018-08-17 10:18 pm By Christine Caulfield

Two weeks after announcing it would pull out of Australia, delivery food company Foodora has gone into administration, putting the brakes on two unfair dismissal cases and a sham contracting action by the Fair Work Ombudsman.

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Casual worker with predictable roster entitled to annual leave, Full Court says
Employment 2018-08-16 11:08 pm By Christine Caulfield

A casual worker hired as a truck driver at a Rio Tinto coal mine was entitled to annual leave, the Full Federal Court said Friday in a landmark judgement that says employees on predictable, regular shifts are not casual even when employers give them the designation.

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CFMMEU faces criminal charges for scaffolding, steelfixing cartel
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-08-16 3:27 pm By Christine Caulfield

The Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union and its ACT branch secretary have been hit with criminal charges that they engaged in a cartel for steelfixing and scaffolding services.

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AFL, NRL clubs to fix refunds policies on merchandise after ACCC probe
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-08-16 11:56 am By Christine Caulfield

Top AFL and NRL clubs have agreed to change their refunds and returns policies on football and rugby merchandise after an investigation by the ACCC found they were in breach of the Australian Consumer Law.

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Inghams’ failures did not cause worker’s car park assault, court says
Employment 2018-08-15 11:43 pm By Christine Caulfield

Chicken processor Inghams has won an appeal of a ruling that put it on the hook for the late-night assault of a shift worker in the car park of the company’s poultry plant in Murarrie, Queensland.

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CrownBet goes on the attack, says Sportsbet’s trade marks must be revoked
Intellectual Property 2018-08-15 9:59 pm By Christine Caulfield

In an escalating battle between the online bookmakers, CrownBet has filed a cross claim in a consumer and trademark infringement lawsuit brought by Sportsbet that calls for the cancellation of its rival’s trade marks.

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