Super Retail Group’s former chief legal officer Rebecca Farrell says the company damaged her professional standing as a senior solicitor and exposed her to the risk of regulatory investigation and enforcement action.
A judge has temporarily suppressed details of a lawsuit by Super Retail Group’s former top lawyer, but he warned the retailer it would face a high bar if it sought to persuade him to keep the claims under wraps after a first case management hearing.
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.
A decision by Qantas to outsource its ground staff was not timed to head off industrial action by the Transport Workers’ Union, the Full Federal Court has heard as the airline seeks to overturn a finding that it engaged in adverse action when it terminated around 1,800 employees last year.
A court has struck down the third wave of challenges to the New South Wales public health orders mandating COVID-19 vaccinations for health workers, ruling the “dictates” of a personās conscience do not relieve them of compliance with the orders.
Thousands of emails have inundated the inbox of the judge overseeing legal challenges to the NSW health ministerās orders mandating COVID-19 vaccinations for certain workers, prompting a public warning against interfering with the administration of justice.
Qantas has lost its second attempt to delay a hearing on further relief pending an appeal in its outsourcing spat with the Transport Workers Union, with a judge finding a stay would prejudice the union more than the airline.
Qantas has filed a bid to delay a hearing on penalty after a judge found the airline outsourced ground operations partly to prevent employees engaging in industrial action, but the TWU has said a stay would be āunfairā to 1,600 former ground staff.
A solicitor who admitted to allegations of professional misconduct has lost a NSW Court of Appeal bid for the costs of a NCAT proceeding to be paid from the stateās Public Purpose Fund, despite twice winning appeals of the tribunal’s findings.
Slater and Gordon has won a bid to strike out parts of a cross-claim seeking injury compensation for alleged bullying at the law firm brought by a solicitor accused of stealing clients after jumping ship.