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EnergyAustralia must pay $1.5M for disconnecting vulnerable customers
EnergyAustralia will cough up $1.5 million in penalties for wrongfully disconnecting eight customers facing serious financial hardship.
FWC arbitration doesn’t doom union’s lawsuit against Airservices
A court has ruled that an arbitration proceeding before the Fair Work Commission does not doom a Federal Court lawsuit brought by the civilian air traffic controllers union against government-owned Airservices.
Santos lawsuit against Fluor over gas project rests on ‘shaky assumption’, appeals court says
An appeals court has shot down oil and gas giant Santos' bid for expanded discovery against engineering company Fluor, finding that the application was "akin to a fishing expedition" that was based on "a shaky assumption" by lawyers from Corrs Chambers Westgarth.
Five law firms to spar over liability in $15M Dover Financial negligence case
Two more law firms have been joined to a lawsuit by defunct financial advisor Dover Financial accusing three law firms of providing negligent advice regarding an inaptly titled client protection policy which a judge found was "highly misleading" and "an exercise in Orwellian doublespeak".
Epic Games takes competition battle with Apple to Australia
Epic Games, maker of the popular Fortnite game, has taken its courtroom battle with Apple to Australia, hitting the tech giant with a lawsuit for allegedly abusing its market power.
Former BitConnect promoter hit with charges over alleged cryptocurrency scam
Former BitConnect promoter John Bigatton has been charged with a raft of cryptocurrency-related offences, including operating an unregistered managed investment scheme and making false or misleading statements to investors.
ATO loses landmark case over GST gold scam
The Australian Taxation Office has been blocked from indirectly recouping GST lost in a major tax scam by allegedly crooked gold traders with the Full Federal Court finding a $208 million demand sent to a defunct gold refiner had incorrectly interpreted the GST Act.
Self-repped Qantas worker deserves ‘liberal and lenient’ treatment, judge says
A judge has declined to throw out a lawsuit brought against Qantas by a self-represented worker who was stood down, saying a "liberal and lenient" approach was needed.
Thiess loses appeal in unpaid wages class action
Mining services company Thiess has lost its challenge to a class action ruling which found the company had underpaid workers for time spent on the bus travelling home from a Pilbara-based liquefied natural gas processing plant owned by Woodside Energy.
Lush pays back $4.4M to underpaid employees
The Australian arm of multinational cosmetics company Lush has back-paid over 3,000 employees more than $4 million and entered into a "stringent" enforceable undertaking with the Fair Work Ombudsman.