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A 59-year-old Qantas engineer who used his company-issued iPad to view pornographic material while at work has lost his unfair dismissal appeal.
Ex-Freedom Foods GC files lawsuit claiming she ‘had no choice but to resign’
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The former company secretary and group general counsel of Freedom Foods has filed an unfair dismissal lawsuit accusing the food and beverage company of sidelining her in her role and making decisions that put her at risk of an ASIC investigation.
McMillan Shakespeare to pay $9.5M to settle $47.6M class action
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The lead applicant in a $47.6 million class action against McMillan Shakespeare over ‘illusory’ car warranties will seek court approval for a $9.5 million settlement, less than 20 per cent of the claim value.
Fuji Xerox can’t strike out EY, ex-director’s defences in case over $450M accounting scandal
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A judge has denied Fuji Xerox’s attempt to strike out parts of the defences of Ernst & Young and a former Fuji director in a lawsuit over alleged massive accounting irregularities.
Another aged care provider faces class action over COVID-19 outbreak
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A nursing home in Melbourne’s Western suburbs may be hit with a class action over a COVID-19 outbreak at the facility that resulted in the deaths of 11 residents.
COVID-19 lockdown challenge tossed by High Court
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The High Court has unanimously rejected a constitutional challenge against the Victorian government over its COVID-19 lockdown measures.
Glencore largely prevails in ATO appeal over $92M tax fight
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Mining giant Glencore has mostly defeated an appeal by the Australian Taxation Office in their tax fight, and will only have to pay $2 million of a $92 million bill relating to the sale of copper from a mine in Cobar, NSW.
Former Toll chairman Ray Horsburgh sues over Financial Review article, reporter’s emails
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Former Toll Group chairman Ray Horsburgh has filed a defamation suit over an Australian Financial Review article that claimed he made a racist remark at a board meeting, and the case alleges emails a journalist sent seeking comment from the businessman were also defamatory.
Head of Chinese group charged under new foreign interference laws
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A 65-year-old Melbourne man has become the first person in Australia to be charged with a foreign interference offence since new national security legislation was passed in 2018.
Qantas engineers appeal COVID-19 stand down win for airline
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Aircraft engineers for Qantas are challenging a ruling that the airline had no “genuine choice” when it stood them down in March during the COVID-19 pandemic.