Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann has lost his challenge to a finding that that he raped colleague Brittany Higgins, with an appeals court going further in finding Lehrmann was not just recklessly indifferent to Higgins’ consent, but knew she was not consenting and “proceeded nonetheless”.
The Fair Work Commission has ordered labour hire firm Adecco to reinstate a pregnant worker who was unfairly dismissed from her role at an Amazon warehouse in Sydney after disclosing that she was seven weeks pregnant.
A former principal at law firm BlackBay accused of taking confidential client information to launch a rival law firm has lost his bid to file a new defence, with a judge calling the new pleadings “confused”.
The co-owners of the Pacific Werribee shopping centre in Victoria have lost their bid to join collapsed builder Probuild’s primary insurer AIG to their case over $356 million in alleged defects.
VCAT has upheld a local council’s refusal of a plan to build a three-storey luxury apartment building at a vacant lot in East Melbourne, saying it would “visually dominate” a neighbouring heritage-listed home.
A judge has questioned whether an agreed penalty against ANZ for overstating bond trading volumes is sufficient, noting the misrepresentations were “very significant”.
Sydney Trains has reached an in-principle agreement to settle a class action by operations staff alleging a “systemic pattern” of underpayments and overwork.
A class action against Homes Victoria overs its decision to demolish public housing towers in Melbourne without consulting residents has appealed a judge’s decision tossing the case.
Lendlease has lost its appeal of a ruling that shot down its bid to enforce a $120 million purchase agreement for five plots of land in Campbelltown against a company controlled by the Macarthur-Onslow family.
Canberra developer Geocon has won a Full Court appeal over the GST payable on $115 million in sales from a 360-unit development, with the case sent back to a tribunal for final determination.