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Sacked Weekend Sunrise host Simon Reeve sues Seven Network
Employment 2020-09-14 11:25 am By Miklos Bolza

Game show host and news presenter Simon Reeve is suing the Seven Network for breach of contract, seeking compensation and pecuniary penalties after his sudden dismissal in June during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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NAB units ordered to pay $57.5M in ASIC fees for no service case
Financial Services 2020-09-11 11:28 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Australian Securities and and Investments Commission has won a $57.5 million judgment against two units of National Australia Bank for making misleading representations to superannuation customers regarding $100 million in fees charged for services they never received, far short of the $125 million sought by the corporate regulator.

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‘Some American burger’: Hungry Jack’s ad pokes fun at McDonald’s trade mark lawsuit
Intellectual Property 2020-09-11 11:06 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Hungry Jack’s has released a new television ad poking fun at McDonald’s lawsuit alleging its new ‘Big Jack’ burger violates the US fast food giant’s intellectual property for its classic ‘Big Mac’, referred to in the ad as “some American burger”.

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Herbert Smith Freehills embraces post-pandemic WFH
Business of Law 2020-09-11 9:43 pm By Christine Caulfield

Herbert Smith Freehills will ask lawyers to spend just 60 per cent of their time in the office once they are free to return, a change to the firm’s agile working policy that acknowledges the upside of remote working in the COVID-19 era, co-head of global disputes Anna Sutherland told Lawyerly.

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‘A chilling effect’: Media giants take Facebook comments case to High Court
Defamation 2020-09-11 9:12 pm By Alison Eveleigh

Media outlets facing liability for allegedly defamatory remarks left under news articles they posted on Facebook are taking their case to the High Court, after a court of appeal found the companies were publishers of the third-party comments.

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Clive Palmer launches second lawsuit seeking to shut down resort class action
Securities 2020-09-11 8:51 pm By Miklos Bolza

Clive Palmer has brought another lawsuit trying to stifle funding for a class action filed by villa owners at the deserted Palmer Coolum Resort on the Sunshine Coast.

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Adani wins temporary injunction against mine activist
Energy & Natural Resources 2020-09-11 3:43 pm By Miklos Bolza

A court has granted Adani Mining an interim injunction preventing an environmental activist from using confidential information obtained through covert infiltration campaigns aimed at opposing the controversial Carmichael coal mine.

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Law firm loses bid for insurance docs in Dreamworld class action
Insurance 2020-09-11 3:05 pm By Alison Eveleigh

The applicants in a shareholder class action against Dreamworld owner Ardent Leisure over a 2016 tragedy in which four people died following a ride malfunction have lost their request for the company’s insurance documents, with a judge rejecting suggestions that the theme park operator lacks assets to pay the estimated $310 million in claims.

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Soul Pattinson director wins $1.1M in termination case
Employment 2020-09-10 9:22 pm By Alison Eveleigh

A former director of investment house Washington H. Soul Pattinson has won a damages payout of over $1.1 million after a court found that the ASX 100-listed company failed to pay her entitlements following termination of her employment without notice.

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Judge approves Falls Festival class action settlement, leaves legal fee concerns for later
Class Actions 2020-09-10 4:42 pm By Miklos Bolza

A Victoria Supreme Court judge has given the greenlight to a $5.7 million settlement in a class action brought by those injured during a 2016 stampede at the Falls Music and Arts Festival.

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