A discrimination class action has been filed on behalf of single women and same-sex couples designated “socially infertile” and denied Medicare rebates for IVF.
The Fair Work Ombudsman has launched action against a labour hire company for allegedly failing to pay compensation to a pregnant worker sacked from the Royal Hotel Granville.
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has been given the go-ahead to amend her discrimination suit against former senator Brian Burston, but is blocked from relying on transcript evidence from his defamation case.
A 2Day FM host behind a prank call to the hospital where the Duchess of Cambridge was staying in 2012 alleges he was “hung out to dry” by the radio network after a nurse’s death by suicide.
A judge has stopped short of making costs orders against a law firm despite finding it was responsible for delays in a workplace discrimination suit.
The judge hearing a harassment suit by an in-house counsel at Dovetail has urged the software firm to “pull off the band-aid” and share text message evidence between the lawyer and company CEO Benjamin Humphrey.
A judge has urged the Northern Territory public housing authority and a discrimination class action to seek the court’s assistance instead of resorting to lengthy correspondence as they “lock antlers” over discovery and factual matters.
A class action has been filed against the State of Queensland on behalf of First Nations people alleging inadequate healthcare and substandard medical treatment.
Litigation funder Woodsford has responded to a former female director’s sex and age discrimination lawsuit, denying the claims and seeking dismissal of the case.
The Fair Work Commission has allowed a Queensland solicitor’s claim that she was dismissed because of her recently announced pregnancy to move forward.