The CFMEU has successfully challenged an interim Fair Work Commission order barring workers at stevedoring firm DP World from ‘go slow’ industrial action after an appeals panel found a commissioner had no power to make the original order because she miscalculated, by 7.5 hours, when she could make it.
A class action alleging travel agency Scenic Tours owes damages to European cruise passengers forced to take buses when heavy rain flooded waterways is still proceeding despite an impending High Court appeal, with the tour company now seeking to argue in an amended defence that class members could not reasonably rely on it to control water levels.
Australian rail freight operator Aurizon has launched a lawsuit against US-based shortline railroad firm Genesee & Wyoming seeking damages over the impending sale of its Australian assets.
Two Australian companies have won their application for special leave to the High Court as they continue their fight to shut down a wrongful death case in the US brought by the families of 15 people killed in an aircraft crash near Lockhart River in northern Queensland in May 2005.
The Transport Workers’ Union has launched a case against Uber on behalf of a driver who was allegedly sacked for being ten minutes late, and has appealed to the Federal Government to intervene in the case.
The Queensland Supreme Court has upheld the legality of litigation funding agreements in a landmark class action judgment that could have a ripple effect across other states in Australia.
A judge has thrown out the NRMAâs consumer case against the maritime union over its Sydney fast ferry campaign, ruling that a verdict in favour of the motoring body would have brought the âthe entire field of industrial relations within the operation of consumer legislationâ.
Live cattle exporter Wellard Ltd has been hit with an unlawful dismissal claim for more than $400,000 by its ex-CEO, who claims he was sacked for asking about the companyâs troubling financial position and complaining about the chairmanâs âhostileâ, âdemeaningâ and âthreateningâ behaviour towards him.
The judge overseeing a group of class actions against car manufacturers over faulty Takata airbags has questioned a simplified group registration and opt out process proposed by the law firm leading the cases, saying it would “invite a moronic approach” to sign up.
The Full Federal Court has dismissed Linfoxâs $45 million fuel tax credit appeal, finding the Australian logistics companyâs argument was âtoo weak or uncertainâ to conclude that it was being over-taxed on major toll roads across the country.