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A judge has declined to throw out a lawsuit brought against Qantas by a self-represented worker who was stood down, saying a “liberal and lenient” approach was needed.
Barristers call for end to secrecy of judicial appointments process
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The recent appointments to the High Court have mystified some senior members of the bar, raising questions about the secretive nature of the process and prompting renewed calls for an independent judicial appointments panel to expose the selection process to the light of day.
Thiess loses appeal in unpaid wages class action
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Mining services company Thiess has lost its challenge to a class action ruling which found the company had underpaid workers for time spent on the bus travelling home from a Pilbara-based liquefied natural gas processing plant owned by Woodside Energy.
Lush pays back $4.4M to underpaid employees
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The Australian arm of multinational cosmetics company Lush has back-paid over 3,000 employees more than $4 million and entered into a “stringent” enforceable undertaking with the Fair Work Ombudsman.
Insurer appeals ruling putting it on hook for Opal Tower coverage
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Insurer Liberty Mutual is challenging its loss in a coverage dispute with construction company Icon Co over $31 million in losses stemming from Sydney’s Opal Tower, whose residents were evacuated after cracks appeared in the tower’s walls on Christmas Eve in 2018.
Norton Rose Fulbright must pay $160,000 for ‘intentionally misleading’ ex-partner
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A former Norton Rose Fulbright partner has won a long-running case over his termination, with a judge ruling the law firm had intentionally misled the lawyer and must pay him $160,000 for its deception.
Judge ‘currently minded’ to approve GetSwift’s Canadian relocation bid with caveats
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A judge has said she was “currently minded” to sign off on a scheme of arrangement that would see last-mile logistics software firm GetSwift relocate to Canada, but has sought further submissions on whether any Australian civil penalties sought against the company by ASIC would be enforceable in the Canadian courts.
DocuSign not a valid form of termination, PwC director argues in Fair Work case
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A PwC director who was terminated after suffering a back injury at work has sued the accounting giant claiming that her notice of termination was invalid because it was delivered through DocuSign.
FWO secures first penalties under serious contraventions laws for ‘repeat offender’
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The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured its first penalties under ‘serious contraventions’ provisions of the Fair Work Act, seeing a recidivist former Han’s Café franchisee in Perth and general manager slapped with $230,000 in fines for the”cavalier” and “entirely unacceptable” underpayment of vulnerable, young migrant workers.
Ex-Linchpin Capital director can’t put disqualification challenge on ice
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A former director of defunct financial services company Linchpin Capital, who is facing a class action as well as civil penalty proceedings by ASIC, can’t put the brakes on his challenge to a five-year disqualification order by the regulator.