Macquarie Leasing has been let off the hook in a class action alleging that a flex commissions scheme by ANZ’s former car finance business encouraged dealers to set car loan rates far in excess of base rates in exchange for large kickbacks.
A solicitor who says she wasn’t paid for three years before her termination is suing her former employer — a “community-oriented” Sydney law firm — for over $185,000 in unpaid wages and other entitlements.
Big six firm Allens has bolstered the ranks of its employment and safety practice with the recruitment of partner Samantha Betzien from MinterEllison.
A former solicitor at the Victorian state revenue office who was dismissed after alleged sexual harassment and “scandalous staring” has won his appeal in a defamation case against the Victorian government, with the case being sent to a judge for trial.
Russian sanctions imposed by former Foreign Affairs Marise Payne have thrown a spanner in the works for an Australia-based international joint venture between the world’s biggest aluminium companies.
Nick Scali has been ordered to refund a disgruntled customer $1,600 for a white leather chair that discoloured mere months after use.
A judge has questioned how the court will award costs in refugee activist Shane Bazzi’s successful appeal against coalition leader Peter Dutton, saying crowdfunding for the activist’s legal costs made the issue “complicated and difficult”.
Pitcher Partners has filed a bid to transfer a $127 million lawsuit brought by the Twigg family alleging the accounting firm helped Max Twigg misappropriate $127.8 million in family trust money for himself.
Embattled property developer Sasha Hopkins will face a compulsory examination by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission over the activities of his company A Team Property Group.
Philips Electronics has been fined $133,200 for failing to provide timely notice to the country’s health regulator of deterioration in its sleep machines, after being hit with a class action lawsuit over degrading foam in the devices.
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