The Finance Sector Union has launched a test case against National Australia Bank on behalf of four managers who were allegedly required to work “unreasonable” unpaid hours for years and has warned it will go after the other big banks next.
A judge has expressed “reluctance” at a bid for accused rapist Bruce Lehrmann to face cross-examination at an upcoming hearing over whether his defamation claims against Network Ten, News Corp and two journalists should be tossed for being brought out of time.
A busy judge has pushed the parties in a class action against agrochemical giant Monsanto to split the trial to focus first on the question of whether the company’s Roundup weed killer causes cancer so that he can avoid writing a judgment of “hundreds and hundreds” of pages.
Former Nuix CEO Edward Sheehy is challenging his loss in a lawsuit claiming he’s owed $183 million in options under a 2008 agreement with the technology company.
A federal Human Rights Act would allow complainants to take their cases to federal court if conciliation failed to resolve their claims, under a proposed model of the law unveiled Wednesday.
Boutique law firm Barry Nilsson has snagged five senior lawyers, including a partner, from Sparke Helmore to join its Adelaide insurance team as part of a broader expansion strategy.
Pet and livestock drug company Zoetis, which prevailed in its defence to a class action over horse vaccine Equivac, is going after the legal team that ran the unfunded case, seeking orders that the lawyers pay a big portion of its $3.8 million legal bill.
The High Court has revoked special leave to Facebook to challenge a case by the privacy commissioner, finding that the social media giant’s grounds of appeal no longer involved issues of public importance.
An appeals court has dismissed a challenge in a lengthy legal drama between the children of one of Australia’s richest families, finding that a lawsuit over $200 million in Lendlease purchase options was not brought in good faith.
A judge has rejected a bid by Independent Monique Ryan’s chief of staff Sally Rugg to keep her job until her “hotly contested” suit against the MP is resolved, saying she was “far from persuaded” that Rugg actually wants to return to work.
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