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Full Court cites ‘wider relevance’ of copy and paste judgment
Business of Law 2024-11-15 11:57 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Full Court has granted a bid for a costs certificate by a former Atanaskovic Hartnell general manager whose win in an employment suit was overturned due to a judge’s “uncritical copying and pasting” of submissions.

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Judge’s ‘uncritical copying and pasting’ of submissions wins the day for law firm
Courts 2024-11-01 12:05 pm By Cindy Cameronne

An appeals court has set aside a $160,000 judgment against Sydney law firm Atanaskovic Hartnell after finding a “time poor” trial judge had copied and pasted submissions in key parts of his ruling.

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Atanaskovic Hartnell wins appeal of ‘campaign of denigration’ ruling
Appeals 2024-10-31 12:30 pm By Cindy Cameronne

An appeals court has set aside a $160,000 judgment against Sydney law firm Atanaskovic Hartnell, overturning a finding that a founding partner engaged in a “campaign of denigration” against a former general manager.

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Accenture can’t put HR exec’s employment case back in bottle
Employment 2024-09-04 11:26 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Consulting giant Accenture has failed to keep a human resources executive’s claims of Fair Work breaches out of the public eye, with a court finding prior publication of the allegations would render a suppression order pointless.

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Accenture HR exec fights company’s push to keep lid on case ahead of mediation
Employment 2024-08-28 11:17 pm By Christine Caulfield

A former human resources executive at Accenture is pushing back against an application by the consulting giant to suppress her employment case pending mediation, saying the cat is already out of the bag.

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Accenture shuts down reporting of former HR exec’s employment case
Employment 2024-08-14 11:30 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Accenture has succeeded in a bid to keep a lid on court documents in a Fair Work claim by a former human resources executive ahead of mediation — the second recent suppression order of its kind made by the Federal Court.

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Wellness firm Doll House cops penalty for sham contracting
Employment 2024-07-30 11:02 pm By Andy Sidler

Bondi wellness research company Doll House has copped a $197,000 penalty for terminating three disabled employees and re-engaging them as independent contractors in a ‘sham’ contracting arrangement.

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Hungry Jack’s resolves claims by franchisee over launch of nearby restaurants
Franchises 2024-04-02 11:40 pm By Christine Caulfield

Hungry Jack’s has resolved a case brought by a franchisee seeking a court injunction blocking the burger chain from launching two restaurants  in close proximity to its sites on NSW’s Central Coast.

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Not one email or text: Steller director denies existence of $120M personal guarantee
Construction 2024-03-01 3:23 pm By Sam Matthews

A former director of Melbourne-based developer Steller Developments has denied liquidators’ claims that he agreed to give a $120 million personal guarantee before the company went under, saying there was “not one single contemporaneous document” referring to the alleged guarantee. 

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ASIC wins appeal over funeral insurer’s ‘Aboriginal-owned’ representations
Appeals 2024-02-29 11:18 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Full Federal Court has found it was “abundantly clear” on the evidence before a trial judge that funeral expenses insurance provider ACBG misrepresented to Aboriginal customers that it was Aboriginal owned or managed, but found ASIC contributed to the error with its bad pleadings.

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