The High Court has found casual employees who work regular shifts are not entitled to paid annual, personal and compassionate leave under the Fair Work Act, putting the fate of seven class actions by casual miners in question.
An appeals court has upheld a ruling that Sydney law firm Bartier Perry failed to adequately advise a lawyer about his rights under a partnership agreement, but trimmed a $1.4 million damages award against the firm.
Convenience store chain On The Run has filed a bid for law firm Adero Law to take down surveys published on its website allegedly aimed at collecting registration data from group members in an underpayment class action against the company.
Canadian trader Daniel Schlaepfer has suffered a loss in his $10 million defamation case against ASIC, with an appeals court tossing the lawsuit despite finding the regulator defamed him and his firm by accusing them of unlawful market manipulation.
The High Court has denied a request from former senator David Leyonhjelm to challenge a ruling ordering him to pay $120,000 to Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young for defaming her with “crass” and “obviously sexist” comments made in a series of interviews in 2018.
Federal politician Peter Dutton has been ordered into mediation in his defamation case against a refugee activist over a tweet calling the defence minister a “rape apologist”, with a judge saying the case could be settled without a trial.
A refugee activist has hit back at a defamation lawsuit brought by Peter Dutton over a tweet calling the defence minister a ârape apologistâ, saying it was fair comment on Duttonâs response to the issue of sexual violence in Australia and offshore detention centres.
Several banks and executives facing criminal cartel charges over a $2.5 billion ANZ share placement have won access to interview notes taken by whistleblower JP Morgan prior to it being granted immunity, which the banks say will prove inconsistencies in the prosecution’s case.
A judge has partially struck out mining magnate Clive Palmerâs defence to WA Premier Mark McGowanâs defamation claim over statements which allegedly accused the premier of corruption, abusing his position and lying about the decision to close the stateâs borders at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic last year.
The judge who vowed last year to move a criminal cartel case over a $2.5 billion ANZ share placement to trial “before we all retire” will soon weigh the ACCC’s claim for privilege over statements from JPMorgan witnesses it has been accused of pressuring during its investigation, two months after a different judge heard a still unresolved privilege fight in the long-running case.