A bondholder class action against Virgin is heating up, with the airline filing a cross-claim seeking the court’s approval to demand periodic payments from the applicant to cover its costs under a contentious indemnity clause.
A judge has asked why the union representing Qantas workers did not bring a class action on behalf of 1,700 ground crew who were sacked during the COVID-19 pandemic, as he ordered the airline’s new CEO to attend settlement talks after losing its High Court appeal.
The High Court has unanimously dismissed an appeal by Qantas over its decision to outsource its 1,700-strong ground crew at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, finding that employers are prohibited from taking adverse action in relation to existing as well as future rights.
The High Court will deliver judgment Wednesday in an appeal by Qantas over its decision to sack its ground crew at the height of COVID-19, a ruling that could determine the scope of adverse action protections under the Fair Work Act.
A former Qantas customer service manager can’t undo a $75,000 settlement she reached to resolve a workers compensation claim in order to pursue a discrimination suit against the airline, a court has found.
Qantas faces a class action on behalf of hundreds of thousands of customers who allegedly never received refunds after flights were cancelled during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A judge overseeing a class action accusing Virgin Australia of failing to disclose its true financial position in a $324 million capital raising prospectus has joined a dozen insurers to the proceeding, which he said had “regrettably languished”.
A class action of bond holders accusing Virgin Australia of failing to disclose its true financial position in a 2019 prospectus for a capital raising wants a contentious indemnity clause in the airline’s DOCA narrowed, in proceedings a judge has said “increasingly resemble a farce”.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has put the brakes on a cooperation agreement between Virgin Australia and Alliance Airlines for fly-in fly-out customers, citing concerns about increased prices and reduced services.
Virgin Australia has won its opposition to rival Regional Express’ bid to trade mark ‘Economy X’, with an IP Australia delegate finding Virgin had an earlier claim to ownership of an identical mark.