Twenty-five barristers have joined the rank of silk in NSW, including one who represented AMP in a class action that settled for $100 million and another who is assisting the Commonwealth in its fight to recoup $325 million in excess subsidies in a dispute over generic Plavix.
A court has found the managing director of teahouse franchise Chatime liable for the underpayment of staff, despite accepting that he believed the company’s wage system was not unlawful.
A regional law firm has lost its bid to bar a former employee from opening a rival practice within a 50 kilometre radius of its offices while its case is ongoing, with a judge saying the case raised a “real issue” of reasonableness, especially in light of a lawyer shortage in the town.
A former Norton Rose Fulbright digital marketing manager has dropped her appeal of dismissed claims against two of the firm’s human resources managers in a case alleging she was fired after she complained of bullying and sex discrimination by her supervisor.
Hillsong Church has denied whistleblower allegations of extensive financial misconduct, claiming an employee was “not correct” to accuse the megachurch of funnelling donations through US bank accounts to skirt Australian charity regulations.
A judge has ordered Hillsong to file its defence to a lawsuit alleging extensive financial misconduct by the megachurch, including that it funnelled donations through US bank accounts to skirt Australian charity regulations.
A former Norton Rose Fulbright digital marketing manager is trying to revive her allegations that the firm fired her after she complained of bullying and sex discrimination by her supervisor.
Law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has won the dismissal of a case brought by a former digital marketing manager who claims she was fired two months after making an internal complaint of bullying and sex discrimination by her supervisor.
Deloitte has agreed to settle a $3.8 million lawsuit brought by a partner that challenged the accounting firm’s mandatory retirement policy.
Former PricewaterhouseCoopers director Jennifer Whittaker has resolved her lawsuit with the accounting giant on the eve of trial, leaving questions about the validity of termination notices by DocuSign for a future case.