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Qantas hit with $72M suit over cuts to catering services during COVID-19 pandemic
An Emirates-owned provider of in-flight catering services has taken Qantas to court claiming it's owed $72.5 million after the airline cut its services during the coronavirus pandemic.
High Court grants Western Power special leave in bushfire class action
The High Court will hear a challenge by Western Power to an appeals court judgment which found that the state-owned electricity supplier breached its duty of care to inspect power poles on private land and was partly liable for property damage from the 2014 Perth Hills bushfire.
Developer misled buyers of $9.58M South Yarra apartment with ‘artistic impression’
Property developer JD Group will have to pay damages to a Melbourne couple after a judge found the company’s artistic renderings of a $9.58 million South Yarra apartment were “deliberately misleading”.
Ashurst lures Thomson Geer partner to launch superannuation practice
Global law firm Ashurst has snagged a Thomson Geer partner to launch a superannuation practice offering end-to-end legal and consulting solutions for financial services clients in the $3.3 trillion sector.
Ten to face sex discrimination claims in journalist’s harassment lawsuit
Journalist Tegan George will add sex discrimination claims against Network Ten to her lawsuit that alleges harassment and bullying by political journalist Peter van Onselen.
‘Scandalous’: Judge finds family forged will of ‘Australia’s worst landlord’
The will of "Australia's worst landlord" -- Melbourne businessman Frank Cassar -- was forged in a conspiracy by his widow, daughter and son who feared losing his multimillion dollar business empire after his death, a court has found.
Whitsundays resort owes $430,000 to worker who was urinated on
The owner of a Whitsundays resort has been ordered to hand over $430,738 to an employee whose roommate in staff accommodation allegedly urinated on him after a night of drinking.
Tech companies to be held accountable for disinformation under new laws
Tech companies will be held responsible for harmful disinformation and misinformation on their platforms under new laws that will be introduced in the second half of the year.
No more jail time for ex-Kleenmaid director labelled ‘a man of greed’ by judge
The founder of whitegoods distributor Kleenmaid, who won a retrial after being sentenced to nine years for fraud and insolvent trading, will not spend any more time in jail after being resentenced by a judge who called him "a man of greed".
Clifford Chance snags Corrs litigation partner for Perth office
Global firm Clifford Chance has lured a Corrs Chambers Westgarth litigation partner to meet the increased demand for projects expertise stemming from pandemic-related construction disputes.