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Law firms are ordering staff in their Sydney offices to work from home if possible and avoid face-to-face meetings as the state’s new rules requiring masks at all indoor workplaces takes effect.
How Adero Law’s Rory Markham revived IR class actions
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With roots in middle-class Canberra, Adero Law’s managing director Rory Markham takes pride in his role reinvigorating the industrial relations class action and putting pressure on companies to pay their staff on time and in full.
Deloitte settles partner’s age discrimination lawsuit
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Deloitte has agreed to settle a $3.8 million lawsuit brought by a partner that challenged the accounting firm’s mandatory retirement policy.
Chief judges say virtual hearings are here to stay
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The chief judges of three of the country’s top courts say virtual hearings, including through the use of popular livestream technology, will be around long after the coronavirus pandemic ends.
Ben Roberts-Smith admits emailing SAS witness about compound where alleged murders took place
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Ben Roberts-Smith has told a court that he exchanged emails with SAS witnesses about a compound where he was alleged to have murdered a man with a prosthetic leg in the lead-up to his defamation trial.
Adverse finding against Judge Vasta would face ‘inevitable’ challenge, court hears
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A judge hearing a lawsuit against Federal Circuit Court Judge Salvatore Vasta over alleged wrongful imprisonment has heard that a finding putting the Commonwealth on the hook for future jurisdictional errors by judges would meet an “inevitable” appeal.
Sydney office of Nuix raided by AFP, as class action firms circle
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The Australian Federal Police executed a search warrant on the Sydney office of technology company Nuix, which is now facing the threat of at least three class actions over disclosures concerning its $2.9 billion float, one of which is now well advanced.
Oracle settles with director who was told he had ‘zero EQ’ before sacking
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Oracle has settled a lawsuit brought by a former account director who claimed he was fired for making complaints about one of his superiors who allegedly told him he had “zero EQ” and “an innate ability to annoy and anger people”.
ATO challenges Shell victory over $2.2B deduction for WA gas exploration project
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The ATO is challenging a judge’s decision to allow oil giant Shell Australia $2.2 billion in deductions for the cost of certain exploration activities conducted under an acquisition that increased its stake in Woodside Energy’s Browse Basin gas exploration joint venture project.
Intellectual freedom a ‘foundational’ principle, sacked climate skeptic professor tells High Court
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Sacked climate skeptic professor Peter Ridd brought his case challenging his dismissal by James Cook University to the High Court on Wednesday, with a lawyer for Ridd telling the justices that his sacking was unlawful because intellectual freedom was a “foundational’ principle that could not be subordinated to the university’s code of conduct.