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‘Both of you don’t look that great’: Judge criticises parties in dispute over Qantas exec’s defection to Virgin
A judge has criticised the “clearly strategic” moves by Qantas and former senior executive Nick Rohrlach in their fight over whose lawsuit should resolve a dispute about the terms of his defection to competitor Virgin Australia.
Qantas, Virgin fight to shut down cases over defecting exec
The first battle in the legal tug of war between Qantas and Virgin over a defecting senior executive will centre on whose lawsuit should be the one to ventilate the dispute, a court heard Tuesday.
Qantas sues former executive over new role at Virgin
Qantas has filed a lawsuit against a former executive who has taken a senior role at competitor Virgin seeking to delay his May start date.
CIMIC Group unit hit with underpayments class action
Engineering company UGL Limited is facing an employment class action on behalf of casual aluminium construction and manufacturing workers who were allegedly underpaid for over three years.
Union calls for regulation after landmark ruling that Uber drivers are workers
The Transport Workers Union is calling on the government to regulate the gig economy in the wake of a unanimous ruling from the UK Supreme Court that found Uber drivers are not independent contractors but workers with the right to entitlements.
Australian Pacific Touring fights recasting of test case after discovery bungle
Cruise company Australian Pacific Touring will resist any expansion of a test case over cancellations brought against it by a former passenger after its failure to properly provide discovery resulted in a fragmented hearing meant to conclude in September last year.
Qantas told pilot he was too old for redundancy offer, lawsuit says
A 64-year-old Qantas pilot who was stood down as part of the airline's response to the COVID-19 pandemic has launched a lawsuit accusing Qantas of unlawful discrimination for only providing voluntary redundancy packages to employees younger than 63 years old.
Uber takes Aussie IT company to court over ‘Geeks’ trade mark
Uber has dragged an Australian IT services company to court after failing to win removal of the company's 'Uber Geeks' trade mark for its home-visiting technician services.
ACCC secures $83.5M in fines over vehicle shipping cartel
Norwegian shipping company Wallenius Wilhlmsen Ocean has been fined $24 million for conspiring to fix the rates charged for shipping vehicles to Australia, bringing the total fines won by the ACCC over the shipping cartel to $83.5 million.
Cabcharge provider sues Melbourne, Sydney cabbies over trade mark
The company behind the popular taxi payment system Cabcharge has filed a lawsuit against 11 small taxi businesses accusing them of infringing its trade marks and causing injury to its commercial reputation.