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‘Diamond Joe’ Gutnick cops 4-year ban after failure of three companies
ASIC 2024-03-08 3:26 pm By Sam Matthews

ASIC has banned mining magnate Joseph ‘Diamond Joe’ Gutnick from managing corporations for four years because of his involvement in three companies that went under owing at least $43 million to creditors. 

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‘It’s as if court dates just grow on trees’: Judge slams parties in cosmetic surgery class action
Class Actions 2024-03-07 2:50 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has railed against the parties in a class action against Sydney-based plastic surgeon Daniel Lanzer and four of his associates for “repeated failure to comply with court orders” in the two-year-old case.

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Telstra wins appeal of ruling putting it on hook for telemarketing firm’s ‘catastrophic crashes’
Telecommunications 2024-03-07 10:56 pm By Sam Matthews

Telstra has successfully appealed a decision holding it liable for a $2.6 million telecommunications bungle at a Melbourne-based telemarketing business, with a judge finding it was entitled to rely on the expertise of business partner Kyrtec.

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Cult leader loses defamation case over tell-all book by abused member
Defamation 2024-03-06 10:44 pm By Sam Matthews

The leader of an abusive New Age cult operating out of northern NSW has lost her defamation case against a former follower who wrote a tell-all book about her experiences, after a judge found she was a “dishonest and unreliable” witness.

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Melbourne solicitor gets 30-day suspended sentence for contempt
Legal Ethics 2024-03-06 11:20 pm By Sam Matthews

A Melbourne lawyer has received a suspended sentence of 30 days imprisonment for “stubborn and wilful disobedience” of court orders, after he failed to share logins and passwords to his firm’s computer records with an auditor appointed by Victoria’s legal watchdog.

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Optus hit with $1.5M penalty for breaking public safety rules
Telecommunications 2024-03-06 3:29 pm By Sam Matthews

Optus has paid a $1.5 million penalty after an investigation by the Australian Communications and Media Authority revealed breaches of public safety rules.

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Microsoft wins new trial after judge’s 3-year delay in delivering judgment
Intellectual Property 2024-03-05 10:12 pm By Sam Matthews

An appeals court has ordered a third trial in a long-running copyright battle between Microsoft and a Melbourne computer retailer, saying the trial judge’s findings were “greatly diminished” by her three-year-long delay in delivering judgment.

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AMA Group sales consultant says manager sent hundreds of sexually explicit messages
Employment 2024-03-05 3:52 pm By Sam Matthews

Auto repair giant AMA Group has been hit with a lawsuit by a sales consultant who says she was sexually harassed by a manager to the point of a psychological breakdown and directed to attend work at an all-male wrecking yard after she complained about the harassment.

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OAIC’s decision to refuse second Optus class action complaint quashed
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2024-03-04 10:11 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has quashed the OAIC’s decision to reject a second class action-style complaint filed over the massive Optus data breach, finding the Privacy Act does not bar second-in-time proceedings. 

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Hells Angels wins $100 in damages for Redbubble’s trade mark infringement
Intellectual Property 2024-03-04 10:59 pm By Sam Matthews

Online marketplace Redbubble has succeeded on appeal in cutting down the damages it owes to Hells Angels from over $78,000 to just $100, following a finding that it violated the motorcycle group’s trade marks.

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