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PappaRich franchise operator accused of underpaying workers $74,000
A PappaRich franchise operator is facing legal action by the Fair Work Ombudsman for allegedly underpaying 154 workers at three of the Malaysian food chain's outlets in Sydney.
Judge not too old to hear banned doctor’s case, court says
An appeals court has dismissed a banned medical doctor's challenge to the granting of three vexatious proceedings orders on constitutional grounds that the judge who made the orders was too old.
Law school head accused of bullying sues La Trobe University over suspension
An eminent professor at a Melbourne law school has launched legal action against his employer after complaints of bullying by two other professors led to his suspension.
Class actions in NSW Supreme Court do not require plaintiffs to have a claim against all defendants
In a first for the NSW Supreme Court, Judge Peter Garling last week found that the plaintiff in a class action does not need to have a claim against all defendants, a case that could make life much easier for plaintiff lawyers, says barrister Daniel Meyerowitz-Katz of Second Floor Wentworth Chambers.clas
Whitehaven Coal fined $38k for hazardous fumes at blast site
Australia's largest independent coal producer Whitehaven Coal Mining has been convicted and fined $38,500 after potentially harmful gas drifted from one of its mines across neighbouring farmland.
Appeals court tosses challenge to Allianz Stadium demolition
A Sydney community group has lost a last-minute challenge to the demolition of Allianz Stadium, with the Court of Appeal throwing the case out in a unanimous decision.
Harry Triguboff’s Meriton sues NSW premier over Macquarie Park tower
Billionaire property developer Harry Triguboff is taking NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian to court in his fight for approval of a controversial tower in Macquarie Park, Sydney.
High Court upholds spiritual attachment damages in landmark native title case
The High Court has upheld a $1.3 million damages award to native title holders in the Northern Territory town of Timber Creek for their loss of spiritual attachment to the land, in the first ever assessment by the court of native title compensation.
Country Care faces trial in first criminal cartel case against Australian company
A Mildura-based healthcare company and its boss have been committed to stand trial in the first criminal cartel case brought by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission against an Australian business.
Clive Palmer’s wife can’t dodge liquidators’ grilling over Mineralogy’s assets
Liquidators for the failed Queensland Nickel will be able to interrogate Clive Palmer's wife over the assets of her husband's other company, Mineralogy, after telling a court they feared Palmer was squandering company funds on his political campaign.