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.
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.
A judge has said the applicant in a class action against Brambles has “side-stepped” a challenge to a landmark class closure ruling that found there was no statutory power to shut out unregistered class action members, a decision that he said had “bedevilled” the courts.
A New Zealand-based association representing manuka honey beekeepers has lost its opposition to an application for the ‘Australian Manuka’ trade mark by a Byron Bay honey producer, with IP Australia finding the word ‘manuka’ did not specifically refer to honey made in NZ.
A former waitress who worked at one of Melbourne’s most well-known French bistros has been awarded more than $150,000 in damages after the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal found she suffered “grievous” sexual harassment at the hands of a colleague, who fled the country before the hearing.
Food and beverage manufacturer Freedom Foods will call its CEO and ex-group chairman to the stand in a case filed by the firm’s former group general counsel, who has dropped her lawyer and is now self-represented.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has filed court action against a multi-million dollar Western Australian biotech company, alleging it made several misleading representations to the market during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Popular American restaurant chain In-N-Out Burger is seeking to fast-track a trade mark lawsuit against an Australian food business which operates four “ghost kitchens”, citing negative reviews from allegedly misled customers.
Australian businesses have been urged to double check that their casual work contracts reflect a “true casual engagement” and ensure workers are properly classified following a landmark High Court ruling on casual worker classification.
The consumer regulator has launched court proceedings against luxury car maker Mercedes-Benz for allegedly exposing consumers to serious injury or death by failing to comply with obligations under a compulsory recall of potentially deadly Takata airbags.
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