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Westpac shouldn’t mediate employee suit with ‘one hand behind back’: court
Employment 2024-12-17 1:20 pm By Andy Sidler

A judge has delayed mediation in a suit alleging Westpac fired its former head of risk after complaints of alleged fraud at its RAMS unit.

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Court rejects ‘misconceived’ bid to expand Reject Shop class action
Class Actions 2024-12-13 11:04 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has refused a bid to expand the group membership in an underpayments class action against discount retailer The Reject Shop, saying it was based on a misconceived premise. 

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Funder behind WestConnex class action hit with indemnity costs
Class Actions 2024-12-12 11:25 pm By Andy Sidler

The funder behind a class action against Transport for NSW that has switched law firms five times has been hit with indemnity costs after it failed to brief a barrister in a dispute over its bid to rescind trust funds.

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WestConnex class action funder hit with indemnity costs
Construction 2024-12-13 4:42 am By Andy Sidler

The funder behind a class action against Transport for NSW by residents displaced by the construction of Sydney’s WestConnex tunnel has been ordered to pay $134,000  to cover the class action’s costs after it brought a failed action to rescind trust funds.

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Antoinette Lattouf claims ABC managing director, ex-chair involved in sacking
Employment 2024-10-28 11:33 pm By Andy Sidler

Former radio host Antoinette Lattouf will argue at trial that the ex-chair of the ABC, Ita Buttrose, and managing director David Anderson were involved in the decision to terminate her contract. 

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Judge calls out ‘cavalier’ attitude to court orders in case against Insightsoftware
Employment 2024-09-16 11:02 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has expressed her unhappiness with the “cavalier approach to court orders” by lawyers for an employee in a workplace dispute with Insightsoftware. 

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Employsure suffers partial loss in appeal by defecting employees
Employment 2022-10-11 5:20 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Workplace relations heavyweight Employsure has suffered a partial defeat in appeals brought by rival ELMO Software and two former employees seeking to jump ship to a competitor.

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‘Inconceivable’ Holding Redlich partner did not advise on illegal ALP donation: ICAC
Public Corruption 2022-02-28 11:09 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption has found Holding Redlich managing partner Ian Robertson’s account of a meeting where he allegedly advised the former NSW Labor general secretary to cover up a $100,000 illegal political donation “inconceivable”, but declined to refer the lawyer for criminal charges or disciplinary action.

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BHP’s vaccination policy at Queensland coal mines found to be lawful
COVID-19 2022-01-31 7:01 pm By Christine Caulfield

BHP’s policy requiring Queensland workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and show proof of the jab has withstood a challenge from mining unions that claimed the rule was unreasonable and breached the Privacy Act.

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Employsure wins case against former employees who jumped ship to rival
Employment 2021-10-29 10:05 pm By Bianca Hrovat

Workplace relations heavyweight Employsure has won its case against rival ELMO Software and two former employees who sought to jump ship to a competitor in breach of their employment contracts and fiduciary duties.

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