A judge has put a proposal for a common fund order in a class action against sandalwood producer Quintis on hold as the court awaits judgment in an historic challenge to the power of courts to make common fund orders.
Senator Michaelia Cash’s former media adviser says he notified his counterpart in the office of former federal Justice Minister Michael Keenan ahead of AFP raids on the Australian Workers’ Union offices, and both alerted the media, a court heard Wednesday.
The law firm running a class action against sandalwood producer Quintis has pitched an unusual common fund order that subjects the firm and the funder bankrolling the case to ongoing monitoring by a cost referee.
Michaelia Cash’s former chief-of-staff, Ben Davies, was the tipster who told the minister’s ex-media adviser that federal police were planning to raid the headquarters of the Australian Workers’ Union, a court was told Tuesday.
Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young has slammed Liberal Democrat Senator David Leyonhjelm’s attempt to stay her defamation case against him without providing evidence that the alleged misandrist comments at the heart of the proceedings were spoken in Parliament.
A construction company has lost its appeal of a ruling that it illegally blocked CFMMEU officials from entering a work site to meet with union members, with a judge saying the union did not need to prove intent to obstruct to make its case for violations of the Fair Work Act.
Spotless Services is challenging a ruling that it owes redundancy to three workers employed at the Perth International Airport that were on fixed contracts.
A former staffer to federal minister Michaelia Cash admitted in court Monday to alerting the media about federal police raids on the offices of the Australian Workers’ Union, but he refused to reveal who tipped him off.
Biotech company Cryosite has agreed to pay $1.05 million to settle the competition regulator’s landmark case alleging it jumped the gun on a proposed merger agreement with rival Cell Care.
A former Norton Rose Fulbright partner says he may file a contempt of court motion against the firm for allegedly failing to produce certain evidentiary documents for over two years.