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The job of a senior Piper Alderman partner is in jeopardy after a court refused to extend an injunction preventing her from being ousted from the partnership while she battles a sex discrimination case against the firm.
A former employment law partner at a national Australian law firm is suing her former employer for sex discrimination, after her original complaint was thrown out by the Human Rights Commission.
The NSW Government has successfully added a proportionate liability claim against two contractors to its defence in the Sydney light rail nuisance class action, over the objections of the lead plaintiff in the case.
A judge has refused to contemplate delays to the long-running investor class action against defunct engineering and construction company Forge Group, as lawyers for some of the respondents warn of a “real risk” that the current trial date might need to be vacated.
A judge has rejected a bid by a group of Apache Corporation companies to break up a looming trial in a long-running dispute with WA-based oil and gas company Santos, saying holding a hearing on separate issues would not be the time saver Apache claims.
Piper Alderman and a senior female partner who has accused the law firm's leaders of sex discrimination have been unable to settle their dispute out of the glare of the courtroom.
A senior female partner at Piper Alderman will go into mediation this week with representatives of the firm's partnership to try to resolve her sex discrimination lawsuit, which alleges a group of equity partners have used baseless complaints of bullying to try to push her out.
A leading female partner at Piper Alderman, who is suing the firm's other partners for sex discrimination, has told a court their attempt to oust her from the partnership was based on groundless claims of bullying and was a case of "skulduggery".
Law firm Piper Alderman said Friday it would defend a sex discrimination case brought by a leading female partner against the firm's partnership, saying it did "not tolerate inappropriate workplace behaviour of any kind".
A female Piper Alderman partner has filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against the firm's other partners and has won a temporary injunction blocking the partnership from ousting her.