A “time poor” judge’s extensive copying and pasting of submissions and an offensive tweet by senator Pauline Hanson were at the centre of the week’s biggest litigation wins.
A judge has ordered Victoria’s Peninsula Health to fork over $316,260 in penalties for failing to pay overtime to a junior doctor leading a class action, saying the hospital operator had a âhighly irresponsible attitudeâ.
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.
A judge has signed off on a class action settlement that will see Retail Food Group pay nothing to the current and former franchisees of its Michelâs Patisserie chain.
Rugby Australia is considering an insolvent trading cross-claim against the directors of the Melbourne Rebels, in a suit by the failed team which was cut from next yearâs Super Rugby Pacific competition.
In a loss for Bed Bath N’ Table, the Full Court has overturned a finding that homewares retailer House engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct by setting up its ‘Bed & Bath’ stores.
A shareholder class action against BHP over the 2015 Fundao dam collapse in Brazil has won a bid to add an extra three weeks to a six-week hearing to account for any evidentiary surprises.
Cipla is opposing the extension of Novo Nordiskâs patent for its Victoza weight loss and diabetes drug, arguing extensions can only be granted for active ingredients and not entire formulations.
The Commonwealth has argued that a long-running dispute involving drug makers Otsuka, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Generic Health should be put on ice until the High Court rules in a separate matter.
Distribution company Metcash has lost its bid to overturn a decision that found it had to provide employees with a 12-hour break between shifts irrespective of whether the work was ordinary or overtime hours.