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A Melbourne-based clerking service has denied that it fired a clerk because she asked to work from home to manage her disability and was absent from work due to COVID-19 complications.
Mercedes bullied car dealers, called them ‘baby piglets’, court told
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Officials at the Mercedes-Benz Australia head office referred to car dealers as “baby piglets” in internal communications and threatened and bullied the retailers, a trial court has been told in a $650 million lawsuit over the car maker’s decision to move to a fixed-price agency model.
Ex-Amobee boss who hid affair with underling can sue for disability discrimination by association
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A former managing director of adtech company Amobee can proceed with a complaint of disability discrimination by association, after he was fired for failing to disclose a relationship with an employee who suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder after a sexual assault by a senior executive.
Judge blasts ‘horrendously inefficient’ fight in developer’s lawsuit against Zurich
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A judge has given a “judicial harrumph” to Sydney developer FKP Commercial Developments and Irish insurer Zurich Insurance in a dispute over coverage for an apartment defects suit, saying it was not for the court to “trawl” through an insurance policy to work out its meaning.
Telstra to shut down sites amid ACCC concerns about Optus 5G rollout
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Telstra has agreed to deregister 162 radiocommunications sites after the ACCC expressed concerns the acquisition could stymie competition by hampering the rollout of Optus’ 5G network.
Lawyer sues over articles on dropped David Jones fraud charges
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A Sydney lawyer has sued the owners of three websites which allegedly published defamatory articles accusing her of trying to defraud $16,000 from David Jones, claiming her employment prospects have been damaged.
A ‘futile exercise’: Palmer, McGowan win chump change in costly defamation battle
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A court has awarded Western Australia premier Mark McGowan and mining billionaire Clive Palmer paltry sums in their defamation battle, with a judge finding that Palmer suffered “very little damage” to his reputation.
ALRC calls for federal judicial commission to deal with complaints against judges
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The Australian Law Reform Commission has recommended the establishment of a federal judicial commission as a “transparent and independent” way of addressing concerns about the conduct of judges.
‘No brainer’ that Arrium was failing when directors drew down funds, court told
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Several lenders have appealed a ruling that found they failed to prove steel giant Arrium falsified representations on loan drawdown notices ahead of its $2.8 billion collapse, saying it was a “no brainer” that the company was in dire straits when its directors sought extra funds.
Mazda’s conduct not just ‘appalling customer service’ but unconscionable, ACCC says
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A judge was wrong to find that Mazda’s treatment of customers with faulty vehicles was appalling but not unconscionable, and nowhere in his ruling is there an explanation for the distinction, the consumer regulator has told an appeals court.