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Fair Work Ombudsman wins appeal over CFMEU penalty in Hutchison Ports strike case
Employment 2019-05-03 12:00 am By Christine Caulfield

An appeals court has handed a win to the Fair Work Ombudsman in its battle for a multimillion dollar penalty against the CFMEU for coordinated […]

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Qantas can’t appeal sacked worker’s late unfair dismissal case
Employment 2019-04-24 11:32 pm By Christine Caulfield

Qantas has failed in its bid to appeal a decision by the Fair Work Commission to allow a terminated employee’s late unfair dismissal application to […]

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ACCC takes car rental company to court for threatening customers
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-04-18 5:31 pm By Christine Caulfield

The consumer watchdog has brought legal action against Australian 4WD Hire, accusing the car rental company of charging customers for damage to vehicles without evidence […]

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Airservices managers left worse off under individual contracts, class action trial hears
Employment 2019-04-02 9:31 pm By Miklos Bolza

Lawyers for a class action against the Federal Government-owned Airservices told a court Tuesday that higher salaries on individually negotiated management contracts did not leave […]

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DP World, Hutchinson Ports, VICT to lose unfair contract terms following ACCC probe
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-04-02 12:14 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Container stevedore companies DP World Australia, Hutchison Ports Australia and Victoria International Container Terminal have agreed to change their standard form contracts with land transporters […]

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Two GetSwift shareholders opt out of class action, say company should put ‘legal obstacles’ behind it
Class Actions 2019-04-01 12:51 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

GetSwift shareholders Clutterbuck Capital Management and KPT Capital have opted out of a class action against the logistics services provider, blasting the “inappropriate and questionable” […]

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Trial in novel employment class action against Airservices set to begin
Employment 2019-03-29 8:39 pm By Miklos Bolza

Trial in a class action over employment contracts for Airservices’ managers that allegedly left the staff worse off than relevant enterprise agreements kicks off Tuesday, […]

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Fair Work Ombudsman ‘overreacted’ in wage case against Transpetrol, judge says
Employment 2019-03-27 9:30 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has told off the Fair Work Ombudsman for seeking penalties of up to $94,000 in a case alleging Norwegian shipping company Transpetrol underpaid […]

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Queensland floods class action defendants must live with their decision on expert reports, judge says
Class Actions 2019-03-14 11:48 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The judge overseeing the marathon Queensland floods class action has shot down a request by the defendants to submit new expert flood modeling reports, saying […]

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Mills Oakley helped uncover client’s false evidence, court hears
Intellectual Property 2019-03-14 7:49 pm By Miklos Bolza

A former top executive at railway technology company Wavetrain has been referred to the Commonwealth Attorney General for possible criminal proceedings after its solicitors at […]

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