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Government backs FWC plan to put CFMEU construction division into administration
Construction 2024-07-17 11:25 pm By Sam Matthews

Employment Minister Tony Burke says he will support the Fair Work Commission’s plan to appoint an independent administrator to the construction division of the CFMEU and flagged an AFP investigation into recent allegations the union has been infiltrated by criminal figures. 

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Aristocrat says class action applicant should have deleted gambling app
Class Actions 2024-07-16 11:26 pm By Sam Matthews

Aristocrat Leisure has hit back at a class action over its allegedly illegal ‘social casino’ apps, saying that playing is optional and that the lead applicant should have deleted the games.

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Monash IVF fights plaintiff’s ‘new case’ in embryo class action
Class Actions 2024-07-15 2:52 pm By Sam Matthews

Monash IVF is fighting a class action’s bid to file a fourth statement of claim in the three year-old case over the alleged destruction of potentially viable embryos, saying the proposed pleadings sparked by an expert report constituted a new case. 

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Promise did not seal contract, judge says in tossing Cirrus case over NZ Defence Force training
Contracts 2024-07-15 11:32 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has tossed a contract claim brought against aircraft maintenance company Hawker Pacific by scorned subcontractor Cirrus RTPS, finding that a purported agreement surrounding a joint bid for services offered by the New Zealand Defence Force was not intended to be binding.

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Judge to consider rare step of ordering costs against Shane Heal in failed Fair Work case
Employment 2024-07-12 11:29 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge is considering the extraordinary step of ordering costs against basketball coach Shane Heal in his failed Fair Work case against the Sydney Flames, saying the case was “very much on the margin” of constituting an exception to the no-costs rule. 

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Westpac unit RAMS faces trade mark appeal from fund manager RAM
Intellectual Property 2024-07-12 11:19 pm By Sam Matthews

Fund manager Real Asset Management has appealed a ruling which upheld mortgage broker RAMS’ bid to block the registration of two RAM trade marks. 

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EnerMech wins appeal in $10M feud with Acciona over Westconnex tunnel construction
Construction 2024-07-11 11:53 pm By Sam Matthews

Subcontractor EnerMech has won an appeal in its fight against Acciona over a $10 million progress payment for work on the Westconnex M4-M5 link, with an appeals court finding the question of whether EnerMech’s claim was a payment claim for construction work was a matter for an adjudicator, not the court.

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ACCC flags competition concerns with Aurizon acquisition of Flinders Logistics
Competition & Consumer Protection 2024-07-11 11:33 pm By Sam Matthews

The consumer regulator has flagged concerns over national freight company Aurizon’s proposed acquisition of stevedoring and logistics business Flinders Logistics, saying the deal could incentivise Aurizon to block other rail haulage providers from accessing a key berth in Port Adelaide.

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BlueScope’s circumstantial evidence falls short in unfair dismissal case
Employment 2024-07-10 11:23 pm By Sam Matthews

The Fair Work Commission has ruled that an electrician with BlueScope Steel was unfairly dismissed following a complaint by a coworker who did not give evidence to the commission, finding that it was “abundantly unfair” for the complaint to be advanced as hearsay evidence.

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Judge won’t throw out claims in dispute over crypto trading company
Cryptocurrency 2024-07-10 11:42 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has declined to toss most of the claims brought against a crypto trading company by a former director, despite finding the director’s case “is not an easy one”.

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