A sacked property finance executive at CBA, who told an unnamed person in the workplace to “calm the f*** down”, has denied his conduct amounted to bullying, claiming swearing was common among his colleagues.
A judge has ordered a foreign investor in rare earths miner Northern Minerals to pay pecuniary penalties after it failed to comply with divestment orders, in the first case brought over alleged breaches of foreign investment laws.
Melbourne mattress and bedding start-up Sleeping Duck has settled a suit against its former chief financial officer, who has admitted to breaching confidentiality obligations to the company by disclosing information to a competitor.
A tribunal has found that Southern Cross University did not discriminate against a former employee by requesting medical evidence before providing him with an ergonomic chair during the COVID-19 epidemic.
Allens has lured a senior corporate partner from rival firm Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer.
Two Liberty Steel companies want a case brought in NSW by administrators for collapsed supply chain finance company Greensill to be put on hold while a related case in the UK is on foot.
Supermarket giant Coles and fast-food chain Hungry Jack’s are among companies facing class actions by South Australian employees over Sunday pay entitlements.
Lawsuits against a Chinese real estate investor and his mother involving transactions linked to Sam Fayad’s Dyldam Group have been paused pending criminal proceedings against the pair in Hong Kong.
A Victorian construction company is seeking indemnity costs against the company that unsuccessfully pursued a winding-up application against it, as well as a personal costs order against its director.
A court has upheld a three-year time limit attached to a council’s development consent for a local distribution centre at a proposed industrial precinct in Tamworth, NSW.