Hall Payne

A Federal Court judge has rejected a suppression order application in a lawsuit by an enterprise account manager against data centre developer NextDC, saying it was “an affront to principles of open justice”.

Queensland-based NextDC is facing a lawsuit from an enterprise account manager who alleges the data centre giant shortchanged him on commissions for contracts at its Melbourne and Sydney data centres.

Queensland-based NextDC is facing a lawsuit from an enterprise account manager who alleges the data centre giant shortchanged him on commissions for contracts at its Melbourne and Sydney data centres.

The engineering firm behind the Kwinana energy transformation hub in Western Australia wants the High Court to hear a union's case alleging it fraudulently failed to disclose information to the Fair Work Commission.

A union representing medical officers has lost its appeal of a ruling which found that junior doctors at state-run hospitals in NSW are not temporary employees who are entitled to a 10 per cent allowance. 

The Finance Sector Union has reached a resolution with National Australia Bank in a test case by four managers who were allegedly required to work "unreasonable" unpaid hours for years.

A Queensland hospital has lost its bid for the costs of court proceedings against a former executive, with a judge citing an “unfair and unreasonable” press release it published about the case.

Energy infrastructure contractor Zinfra has won its bid to strike out 25 paragraphs in a union's underpayment case dealing with the employees as a group, with a judge finding the pleadings were insufficient.

A NSW Industrial Court judge has dismissed a case on behalf of junior doctors seeking a 10 per cent allowance for temporary employees, saying while the doctors were on fixed-term contracts they were permanent employees.

The High Court has rebuffed the CFMEU’s constitutional challenge to legislation used to facilitate its takeover by the federal government, rejecting an argument that the laws amounted to an unjust acquisition of the union's property.