Yaseen Shariff

A former director of Australian Mines has copped at $70,000 penalty in ASIC proceedings accusing him of making false and misleading representations at mining investment conferences in 2018.

A Federal Court judge has pulled the plug on a bid by the Fair Work Ombudsman for an upcoming trial in wage cases against supermarket giants Coles and Woolworths to be livestreamed like other hearings of public interest in the court.

A judge hearing a lawsuit by an ex-Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills partner seeking $13 million in compensation from his former firm and Lendlease has ordered that the court first decide whether new whistleblower protections apply retrospectively.

Hospitality giant Merivale is contesting a bid by the applicant in a $129 million underpayments class action to issue a second opt out notice to employees, which it said was an attempt to ensure group members “take an interest” in the proceedings.

A law firm running underpayments class actions against Coles and Woolworths has sought orders forcing them to hand over contact details for key workers in the Fair Work Ombudsman’s parallel cases, which the supermarket giants lashed as likely to “cause chaos” in the proceedings.

Uber has won a strike-out bid in a lawsuit by drivers challenging their classification as independent contractors, with a judge finding the pleading was “self-evidently, uncommonly and irretrievably deficient.”

A judge has approved a $450,000 penalty against Australian Mines in ASIC proceedings brought after its managing director was allegedly caught lying at an investment conference about the value of an offtake agreement and funding for a project at its cobalt and nickel mine in Queensland.

A judge has raised concerns about the utility of referring a satellite dispute over whistleblower protections to the Full Court in a $13 million lawsuit brought by an ex-Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills partner.

Australian Mines has agreed to pay a $450,000 penalty to settle proceedings brought by ASIC after its managing director was allegedly caught lying at an investment conference about the value of an offtake agreement and funding for a project at its cobalt and nickel mine in Queensland.

A judge has ordered Pacific National to hand over safety management system documents in a privilege fight over a deadly 2019 train crash, observing large organisations often bring on lawyers for a privilege "shield".