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Rocky Horror theatre company can’t duck Christie Whelan Browne’s victimisation claims
Employment 2024-03-13 3:48 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The theatre company behind a 2014 production of the Rocky Horror picture show has lost its bid to throw out actor Christie Whelan Browne’s claims […]

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Court not obliged to comply with policies NSW ‘dreams up’, class action judge says
Class Actions 2023-07-19 10:58 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has warned the NSW government that the court does not make orders “subject to [its] internal policies” after the state failed to comply […]

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Macquarie advisers stripped of $330,000 win as 5-year-old case sent back
Financial Services 2023-02-17 4:56 pm By Sam Matthews

Dozens of Macquarie advisers who previously won a $330,000 payday against the bank have been ordered back to court for a rehearing of their long-running […]

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Police officers immune from strip search class action, court told
Class Actions 2023-01-20 1:15 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The NSW government has struck back at a class action over allegedly unlawful police strip searches at 50 music festivals, saying the state is immune […]

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Police strip-search action faces de-classing bid by NSW government
Class Actions 2022-12-12 12:55 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The NSW government will move to de-class a representative proceeding over police strip searches at 50 music festivals, after a judge cast doubt on whether […]

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Judge doubts if case over NSW police strip searches should run as class action
Class Actions 2022-10-27 1:59 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has cast doubt on whether a class action against the state of NSW over police strip searches at 50 music festivals should be […]

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AMP settles contentious $2.7M legal battle with former GC
Employment 2020-10-07 3:35 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

AMP has settled legal proceedings brought by a former general counsel who claims she was sacked from the wealth management firm after raising concerns about […]

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Ex-AMP lawyer looks to strike out claim she ‘disparaged’ board
Employment 2020-09-21 5:25 pm By Alison Eveleigh

A former general counsel of AMP who claims she was sacked from the wralth management firm after raising concerns about its fees for no services […]

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Lawyer loses sexual harassment appeal after urging court to just think of him as ‘Mr Darcy’
Employment 2020-07-27 11:07 pm By Christine Caulfield

A lawyer who argued his conduct towards a paralegal was not sexual harassment but a display of ardent affection akin to ‘Mr Darcy’ in ‘Pride […]

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Ex-AMP lawyer ‘disparaged’ GC to Big Six partner, court told 
Employment 2020-04-30 2:09 pm By Miklos Bolza

The identity of a Big Six partner to whom a former AMP lawyer allegedly criticised her superior has been revealed in court during a heated […]

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