The lead plaintiff in a class action against security firms Unified and MSS Security over last year’s second COVID-19 wave in Victoria might drag an insurer into the proceedings after Unified went into liquidation.
Victoria’s State Revenue Office breached its obligations and denied procedural fairness to a senior solicitor who was fired after an investigation into alleged harassment, the state’s Court of Appeal has found.
The Victorian government has been hit with a lawsuit by a security firm tasked with looking after 12 hotels used in the state’s troubled COVID-19 hotel quarantine program which seeks more than $9.7 million for allegedly unpaid invoices.
A judge will hear arguments by suspended lawyer Serene Teffaha, who filed a class action against the state over lockdown restrictions, over whether her clients can be made to supply their details to a Hall & Wilcox lawyer who was appointed to take over her firm.
A judge has thrown out a lawsuit brought by famed Richmond pub The Corner Hotel against a jazz club formed in partnership with iconic New York club Birdland alleging infringement of its ‘corner’ trade marks.
The Victorian Government has been hit with a class action filed by residents of nine public housing towers who were locked down for two weeks at the start of the state’s second COVID-19 wave in July last year.
A Melbourne-based personal injury firm has been sued for negligence and breach of contract by a former client who says he was not properly advised about the consequences of a $77,500 settlement after being assaulted while working as a security guard.
The Victorian government has passed legislation allowing the state’s courts to permanently retain digital hearings, electronic signing and remote witnessing, which were implemented last year as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Victorian public healthcare provider Peninsula Health has been hit with a class action brought by junior doctors who claim they were deliberately unpaid despite working a significant amount of overtime each week.
An accountant who was kicked out of an Australia and New Zealand accounting association after a court found he sexually harassed a colleague has failed to win readmission after being unable to find an eligible member who could vouch for him in a character reference.