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Bloomex hit with $1M penalty for misleading star ratings, discounts
Competition & Consumer Protection 2024-03-15 4:37 pm By Sam Matthews

Online florist Bloomex has been slapped with a $1 million penalty for “serious” misleading representations about its discounts and star ratings system.

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In victory for class action, High Court says Qld council must repay levies
High Court 2024-03-13 4:15 pm By Sam Matthews

The High Court has handed a win to a class action on behalf of Queensland ratepayers who were wrongly charged levies over a period of six years, rejecting the local council’s argument that the levies were put to good use.

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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’s claims that she was victimised after allegedly suffering sexual harassment by fellow actor Craig McLachlan. 

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Co-owner of Sydney eatery Machiavelli can’t peek at company’s books
Tax 2024-03-13 4:32 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The minority shareholder in Sydney restaurant Machiavelli Ristorante Italiano has lost his bid to review the company books in anticipation of bringing a second winding up application, after the relationship between the restaurant’s co-owners broke down.

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Pauline Hanson’s history of ‘hateful’ comments admissible in case over ‘piss off’ tweet
Human Rights 2024-03-12 4:48 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Mehreen Faruqi can include evidence of senator Pauline Hanson’s allegedly “hateful” comments on race and ethnicity in a trial over the One Nation leader’s tweet saying the deputy Greens leader should “piss off back to Pakistan”.

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Scyne can’t block partner from starting work at Downer after ‘belatedly’ bringing case
Employment 2024-03-08 2:02 pm By Cindy Cameronne

PwC spin-off Scyne Advisory has lost its bid to temporarily bar a former partner from working at Downer EDI after a judge found the firm had reasonable prospects of success in its case but had inexplicably delayed bringing the proceedings.

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Full Court says climate change wrongly omitted from native title ruling on Santos gas project
Climate change 2024-03-06 10:35 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Full Federal Court has found a native title tribunal failed to consider climate change when making a finding in relation to four new petroleum production leases for Santos’ Narrabri gas project in New South Wales.

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‘Shameful’: Qantas fined $250K for standing down health and safety rep during COVID-19
Employment 2024-03-06 10:32 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Qantas has been hit with a $250,000 fine for standing down a health and safety representative who directed co-workers to cease unsafe work during COVID-19, with a judge saying the airline’s conduct was “shameful” and designed to “advance its own commercial interests”.

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Cult leader loses defamation case over tell-all book by abused member
Defamation 2024-03-06 10:44 pm By Sam Matthews

The leader of an abusive New Age cult operating out of northern NSW has lost her defamation case against a former follower who wrote a tell-all book about her experiences, after a judge found she was a “dishonest and unreliable” witness.

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Microsoft wins new trial after judge’s 3-year delay in delivering judgment
Intellectual Property 2024-03-05 10:12 pm By Sam Matthews

An appeals court has ordered a third trial in a long-running copyright battle between Microsoft and a Melbourne computer retailer, saying the trial judge’s findings were “greatly diminished” by her three-year-long delay in delivering judgment.

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