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The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner is investigating whether Optus breached privacy law after the telco wrongly published customers’ personal details in the White Pages in 2019.
Lawyer who admitted to professional misconduct loses bid for costs from public fund
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A solicitor who admitted to allegations of professional misconduct has lost a NSW Court of Appeal bid for the costs of a NCAT proceeding to be paid from the state’s Public Purpose Fund, despite twice winning appeals of the tribunal’s findings.
Jailed former mayor a ‘reluctant gladiator’ in defamation case against Seven, judge says
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A judge has dismissed jailed property developer Salim Mehajer’s defamation lawsuit against broadcaster Seven, saying delays in fixing significant defects in his case amounted to an abuse of process.
COVID-19 delays judgment in ACCC’s long-running case against private college Phoenix
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Sydney’s ongoing COVID-19 lockdown has created “logistical” difficulties delaying the release of a long awaited judgment in the ACCC’s consumer law case against collapsed private college Phoenix Institute, which was accused of misleading students through the marketing of its courses.
Bristol-Myers Squibb denies claims in Merck Sharp & Dohme’s misuse of market power case
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Pharmaceutical giant Bristol-Myers Squibb will fight a case brought by Merck Sharp & Dohme alleging misuse of market power over stage IV melanoma treatments, telling the Federal Court on Friday it denied its rival’s claims.
Banks fork over $1.86B to repay customers for bad behaviour
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Six of Australia’s biggest financial services firms have paid or offered to pay a total of $1.86 billion to customers who were wrongly charged fees for no service or were given bad advice.
SPC’s controversial vaccine mandate may face legal challenges
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A controversial announcement by Victorian-based fruit and vegetable processor SPC that it will mandate COVID-19 vaccines for all of its 450 onsite workers could face legal challenges on several grounds.
Stolen Generations class action to continue despite $378.6M redress scheme
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Surviving members of the Stolen Generations in the ACT, Jervis Bay and the Northern Territory are each set to receive upwards of $75,000 as part of a federal government redress scheme, but the law firm behind a class action over the forced separation of Indigenous families says its case will proceed for now.
The Star loses bid to recover COVID-19 losses from insurers
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The Star Entertainment Group will not be able to recoup losses at its casinos and hotels stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, after a judge found the company’s $4 billion industrial special risks policy did not cover financial losses from government-imposed restrictions.
TechnologyOne wins challenge to $5.2M judgment in exec’s unfair dismissal case
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Australian software company TechnologyOne has succeeded in its challenge to a $5.2 million judgment in an unfair dismissal case by a former high ranking executive, with an appeals court sending the matter back for a retrial.