The allowance for genuine redundancies is “not absolute” and employers need to consider measures to redeploy workers, including retraining, an appeals court has said in an unfair dismissal case involving 22 mining workers.
A hearing in a class action to determine the extent of lost sales suffered by cattle exporters following a ban on live exports has been set down for April next year, making the case the oldest unresolved class action on the Federal Court docket.
Hungry Jack’s has resolved a case brought by a franchisee seeking a court injunction blocking the burger chain from launching two restaurants in close proximity to its sites on NSW’s Central Coast.
Victorian Liberal Party leader John Pesutto will face three defamation cases at the same time — one by former Liberal MP Moira Deeming and two by anti-trans activists over last year’s ‘’Let Women Speak’ rally, which was crashed by neo-Nazis.
The state of Victoria has won its bid to prevent lawyers for a class action over Victoria’s COVID-19 hotel quarantine debacle from proofing lay witnesses, ahead of a criminal trial against the Department of Health, which is due to start in May.
The Australian unit of drug giant Mylan has triumphed in a dispute with Australian Taxation Office, with a judge finding the ATO’s assessment for 2020 was “excessive” with respect to interest on loans to fund Mylan’s $1.2 billion acquisition of generic drug maker Alphapharm.
The maker of Tasmanian pinot noir label New Certan breached the consumer laws in bottling its product in a way that resembled the packaging of a fancy French drop, but the premium wine producer failed to prove any loss, a court has ruled.
Victorian Liberal Party leader John Pesutto is facing the threat of two more defamation suits by organisers of last year’s anti-trans ‘Let Women Speak’ rally, which was crashed by neo-Nazis.
A class action representing thousands of junior doctors alleging they were systematically underpaid has settled with NSW Health for a confidential sum, but a related union case is set to continue.
Slater & Gordon is seeking summary dismissal of a case brought by a shareholder over the plaintiff firm’s takeover by private equity firm Allegro, saying it is not the right target for the claims.