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High Court tosses appeal of sacked climate-skeptic professor
High Court 2021-10-13 7:09 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The High Court has thrown out sacked climate skeptic professor Peter Ridd’s appeal of his dismissal by James Cook University, finding protection of intellectual freedom […]

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Intellectual freedom a ‘foundational’ principle, sacked climate skeptic professor tells High Court
High Court 2021-06-23 11:45 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Sacked climate skeptic professor Peter Ridd brought his case challenging his dismissal by James Cook University to the High Court on Wednesday, with a lawyer […]

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Sacked climate skeptic professor’s dispute with James Cook heads to High Court
High Court 2021-02-11 3:59 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court has granted special leave to sacked climate skeptic professor Peter Ridd to challenge James Cook University’s successful appeal of a $1.2 million […]

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Union wants to intervene in university’s appeal over sacking of climate skeptic Peter Ridd
Employment 2019-09-30 2:42 pm By Christine Caulfield

The National Tertiary Education Union has asked a court for permission to intervene in support of fired physics professor and climate skeptic Peter Ridd as […]

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James Cook University appeals $1.2M judgment for sacking climate skeptic
Appeals 2019-09-20 11:09 am By Miklos Bolza

James Cook University has followed through on its promise to appeal a $1.2 million judgment awarded against it for the unfair dismissal of physics professor […]

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James Cook University hit with $1.2M judgment for sacking climate skeptic
Employment 2019-09-06 9:34 pm By Miklos Bolza

A court has ordered James Cook University to pay over $1.2 million to a controversial climate change professor who was sacked in a manner the […]

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