Most Recent
Pauline Hanson can’t use employee’s testimony in suit against Burston
Discrimination 2025-07-14 11:17 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has been given the go-ahead to amend her discrimination suit against former senator Brian Burston, but is blocked from relying on transcript evidence from his defamation case.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Court shuts out four group members from immigration detention class action
Class Actions 2025-05-09 11:56 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has refused to allow four people to join a closed class action brought on behalf of certain people who were detained at two infamous immigration detention centres in South Australia.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

A ‘maddening morass’: Court strikes out COVID-19 vaccine class action
Class Actions 2025-04-15 11:52 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A judge has struck out an “incoherent” COVID-19 vaccine-related class action, saying someone could go “mad” trying to understand the pleadings in the case.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

BHP, Rio Tinto harassment class action members might number thousands, court told
Class Actions 2025-03-26 2:55 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

The lawyer representing applicants in sexual harassment and discrimination class actions against mining giants BHP and Rio Tinto has said there may be thousands of group members.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Chief of staff to Deputy PM Richard Marles drops bullying case
Employment 2025-03-25 11:11 pm By Christine Caulfield

A former chief of staff to Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles has resolved her case alleging she was forced out after complaints of bullying.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Security contractors G4S, GEO targeted in cross-claim in detention class action
Class Actions 2025-03-24 4:59 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The federal government has launched a cross-claim against private security companies G4S and ACM in a class action on behalf of asylum seekers held in two immigration detention centres in South Australia.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Deputy PM Richard Marles called out for ‘quibbling’ in bullying case
Employment 2025-02-18 4:19 pm By Sam Matthews

Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles’ chief of staff has called out her boss for “quibbling” in her case alleging she was pushed out after complaining about bullying.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Judge suppresses Seven reporter’s settled lawsuit for five years
Employment 2025-01-30 3:47 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A judge has issued a five-year suppression order over documents in a settled lawsuit by a former Seven journalist, saying the order was necessary to incentivize settlements in similar cases.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Ten resolves reporter’s case over ‘sexually hostile’ workplace
Media 2024-12-05 5:24 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Ten has resolved a case by former journalist Tegan George that alleged the network’s Canberra bureau had a culture that was “sexually hostile, demeaning and oppressive”.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Seven settles lawsuit by ex-Spotlight reporter
Employment 2024-11-18 2:40 pm By Christine Caulfield

Seven Network has resolved a workplace lawsuit by former Spotlight reporter Amelia Saw, but the details of the settlement, like the case itself, are under wraps.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?