The Full Court has granted a bid for a costs certificate by a former Atanaskovic Hartnell general manager whose win in an employment suit was overturned due to a judge’s “uncritical copying and pasting” of submissions.
An appeals court has set aside a $160,000 judgment against Sydney law firm Atanaskovic Hartnell, overturning a finding that a founding partner engaged in a “campaign of denigration” against a former general manager.
Insurers have won a challenge to a declaration that engineering firm CIMIC could make claims under policies for costs arising from corruption cases, including a $32 million class action settlement.
Former Network Ten Lisa Wilkinson in seeking $1.8 million in costs in Bruce Lehrmann’s failed defamation case over an episode of The Project that aired Brittany Higgins’ rape allegations.
The majority shareholders of vitamin giant Natureâs Care have been hit with the costs of the companyâs failed bid for an injunction against its founding family, after a judge found the shareholders appear to have caused proceedings to be commenced as part of a strategy to âoverride the rightsâ of the family.Â
Newly released emails show a prominent silk describing Brittany Higginsâ refusal to assist Lisa Wilkinsonâs barrister Sue Chrysanthou as âat the least unwiseâ, amid a dispute over the TV presenterâs decision to hire her own legal team in Bruce Lehrmannâs defamation case.Â
A judge has found that Lisa Wilkinson acted reasonably in ditching Network Tenâs legal team in a defamation case brought by Bruce Lehrmann, noting the âdistrustâ between the presenter and her former employer as well as other matters, including a retainer Ten’s solicitors had with The Australian newspaper.Â
The Project presenter Lisa Wilkinson has told a court that she begged Network Ten to admit its role in a controversial Logies speech for which she faced criticism in the media, as she pushes to have the network cover her costs in defamation proceedings brought by Bruce Lehrmann.
A senior lawyer at Network Ten has told the court she was not embarrassed by legal advice given to Lisa Wilkinson in relation to her controversial Logies speech and denied she was âutterly ill-equippedâ to play a role in Wilkinsonâs defence, amid a stoush between the network and the presenter over her legal bill in Bruce Lehrmannâs defamation case.Â
A judge has thrown out a former Norton Rose Fulbright digital marketing manager’s claims that she was sacked for making complaints about bullying, finding a partner who was appointed to investigate her claims of bullying was not involved in the decision to terminate her employment.