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A decision earlier this month to extend Victoria’s controversial COVID-19 curfew was “bizarre, capricious, arbitrary” and was made under pressure from the state’s Premier, a Victoria Supreme Court judge has heard.
Judge awards $875,000 in damages for ‘disgraceful’ Facebook posts targeting Nats MP
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A judge has awarded $875,000 in damages in a defamation case brought by Nationals MP Dr Anne Webster against a conspiracy theorist for a series of social media posts linking the politician and her husband to a child sex ring.
Papyrus settles defamation suit with former CEO over missing name in annual report
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Sustainable technology company Papyrus Australia has reached a settlement with its former CEO in a defamation case that alleged the omission of his name in the company’s 2018 annual report was akin to calling him a liar.
Deloitte wants to toss bulk of partner’s age discrimination, misleading conduct case
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Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu has asked a court to toss a majority of claims in a lawsuit brought by 63-year-old partner Colin Brown over the firm’s alleged discriminatory retirement policy that he claims has cost him almost $4 million.
Former Young Rich Lister sues ‘social media troll’ for defamation in landmark cyberbullying case
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Melbourne businessman Tolga Kumova has filed defamation proceedings against the operator of the Stock Swarmi Twitter account, a case that could lay down the legal groundwork for cyberbullying claims.
Ex-AMP lawyer looks to strike out claim she ‘disparaged’ board
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A former general counsel of AMP who claims she was sacked from the wralth management firm after raising concerns about its fees for no services conduct is looking to strike out defence claims that she “frequently and openly disparaged” the company’s board, as well as claims that she was being performance managed.
PwC accountant with bipolar disorder can’t bring disability discrimination claim
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A former PricewaterhouseCoopers employee has lost his bid to bring a discrimination claim against the accounting firm, with a judge finding he didn’t have direct evidence that he was discriminated against because of his bipolar disorder.
Boehringer appeals failed opposition to Zoetis patents
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German drug maker Boehringer has launched a Federal Court fight against rival Zoetis after coming up short in its opposition to two Zoetis patents for pig vaccine-related inventions.
WA Premier Mark McGowan lobs defamation claims at Clive Palmer
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Western Australian Premier Mark McGowan has struck back at a defamation lawsuit by Clive Palmer, filing a counterclaim accusing the mining magnate of making a number of defamatory statements, including that he was a “liar” involved in “covering up” illegal activity.
Judge ‘sick to death’ of pleadings fights in Robodebt class action
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A judge has slammed the parties in the Robodebt class action for sparring over the pleadings, one week after the class was given leave to add a claim for exemplary damages and allege knowledge of the program’s unlawfulness on the part of several government officials and federal minister Alan Tudge.