With the Delta variant of the coronavirus thrusting Australia’s largest cities back into a protracted lockdown, lawyers forced to return to remote work for the forseeable future are lamenting the renewed loss of colleague and client connections.
The lead plaintiff in a class action against security firms Unified and MSS Security over last year’s second COVID-19 wave in Victoria might drag an insurer into the proceedings after Unified went into liquidation.
Two class actions over Victoria’s botched handling of the COVID-19 hotel quarantine program alleged to be responsible for the state’s second pandemic wave plead a novel duty of care that doesn’t exist, a court has heard.
A former Telstra employee has lost her challenge to a ruling which denied her workers compensation for a hip injury suffered after a night out during a work trip, finding it did not arise out of her employment simply because it took place at the hotel booked by the telco.
A Melbourne-based personal injury firm has been sued for negligence and breach of contract by a former client who says he was not properly advised about the consequences of a $77,500 settlement after being assaulted while working as a security guard.
The Victorian government will argue for summary dismissal of two class actions filed over the bungled COVID-19 hotel quarantine program said to be responsible for the state’s second pandemic wave last year.
Fonterra has hit back at claims in a class action that the dairy giant misled farmers and breached its supply agreements when it slashed milk prices and sought a clawback in 2016, saying it warned farmers of the “extreme” volatility in the market.
A class action targeting security companies contracted by the Victorian government to guard returning travellers in hotel quarantine has been launched, bringing to three the number of group proceedings filed over the botched program.
The State of Victoria has been hit with a class action for its allegedly negligent handling of its hotel quarantine program, which is believed to be responsible for the state’s second wave of coronavirus cases.
Plaintiffs law firm Slater and Gordan has been hit with a lawsuit accusing it of giving negligence advice to a victim of notorious paedophile priest Michael Glennon.