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Facing journalist’s discrimination suit, Ten says sexist culture not unlawful
Employment 2023-03-03 6:28 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Network Ten has fired back at journalist Tegan Georgeā€™s reworked sex discrimination case, claiming that its alleged failure to prevent a ā€œsexually hostile, demeaning and oppressiveā€ culture was not unlawful under the Fair Work Act.

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Wotton + Kearney hires class action expert from King & Wood Mallesons
Business of Law 2023-03-03 11:38 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Insurance specialist firm Wotton + Kearney has hired a lawyer from King & Wood Mallesons with class action expertise to bolster its litigation defence offering.

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Slew of insurers targeted in Virgin bond holders class action
Class Actions 2023-02-24 4:51 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A class action accusing Virgin Australia of failing to disclose its true financial position in a 2019 prospectus for a $324 million capital raising is seeking to join a slew of the airline’s insurers to the case.

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Reporter details ‘sexist culture’ of Ten’s Canberra bureau
Employment 2023-02-23 11:04 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Journalist Tegan George has reworked her sex discrimination case against Network Ten, claiming the Canberra bureau had a culture that was ā€œsexually hostile, demeaning and oppressiveā€.

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BCC loses appeal over $8M trade credit policy to Phoenix financier
Appeals 2023-02-21 1:00 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Insurer Bond & Credit Company has lost its appeal of a decision ordering it to indemnify an Australian non-bank lender that provided $8 million in trade finance to companies in Phoenix Group shortly before its collapse.

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Uber loses bid to pare back taxi driver class action
Class Actions 2023-02-20 10:34 am By Sam Matthews

A judge has dismissed Uberā€™s application to trim down a class action brought by taxi and hire car drivers in four states over the introduction of UberX, finding that cutting claims related to the hire care driver group would cause “real prejudiceā€.

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In first beauty parade of its kind, law firms compete to manage $300M J&J settlement
Class Actions 2023-02-16 10:43 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Sixteen law firms and accounting firms have thrown their hat in the ring to administer a $300 million settlement in two class actions against Johnson & Johnson over pelvic mesh devices that injured thousands of women.

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Novel ‘solicitors’ CFO to be sought in Blue Sky class actions
Class Actions 2023-02-14 5:34 pm By Sam Matthews

The applicants in a consolidated investor class action against Blue Sky Alternative Investments and auditor EY will be applying for a so-called solicitors common fund order, and will move to transfer the case to the contingency-fee friendly Victoria Supreme Court if the groundbreaking application fails.

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Uber looks to trim taxi driver class action
Class Actions 2023-02-10 4:36 pm By Sam Matthews

Uber wants to trim a class action by taxi and hire drivers in four states over the introduction of UberX, saying the case lacks coherence.

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CIMIC Group unit to pay $438,000 to settle underpayments class action
Class Actions 2023-02-09 3:53 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

UGL Limited has agreed to pay $438,000 to settle a class action accusing the engineering company of underpaying casual aluminium construction and manufacturing workers over a three year-period.

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