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Former ANZ lawyer loses 10-year-old discrimination case
Discrimination 2025-01-10 10:50 pm By Andy Sidler

A long-running discrimination case by a former ANZ lawyer who alleged the bank’s work environment was hostile to pregnant women has been thrown out by VCAT.

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Judge rejects sacked Super Retail Group execs’ settlement claims
Employment 2024-12-23 3:52 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Two Super Retail Group executives’ claims that they were unfairly sacked for making whistleblower complaints will go to trial after they lost their bid to enforce an alleged settlement.

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Westpac shouldn’t mediate employee suit with ‘one hand behind back’: court
Employment 2024-12-17 1:20 pm By Andy Sidler

A judge has delayed mediation in a suit alleging Westpac fired its former head of risk after complaints of alleged fraud at its RAMS unit.

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NRL referee loses second appeal over alleged unfair sacking
Sports 2024-12-16 11:38 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A former referee who accused the NRL of unfair dismissal has lost a second appeal against a Fair Work Commission decision that found he was not sacked.

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Senior counsel for Super Retail execs withdraws, citing ethical concerns
Employment 2024-12-12 12:48 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Senior counsel for two former Super Retail executives has withdrawn on the final day of a hearing in the case, saying it was against his conscience to continue acting.

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Sacked execs’ claim about settlement ‘fanciful’, says Rebel Sport owner
Employment 2024-12-12 11:52 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Super Retail has rejected as “fanciful” a claim by two former executives that they reached a binding oral settlement with their employer after their dismissal in May. 

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Lawyer for Super Retail execs questioned by judge on settlement silence
Employment 2024-12-11 5:13 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge on Wednesday questioned a solicitor acting for two axed Super Retail executives on his silence about an alleged settlement his clients are seeking to enforce.

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Super Retail can’t back out of ‘solicitor’s handshake’ with former execs, court told
Employment 2024-12-10 11:17 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Super Retail is bound by a settlement with two former executives who claim they were axed after complaints about its CEO’s undisclosed relationship with a former HR officer, a court has heard.

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High Court asked to decide when a judge’s copying and pasting crosses a line
Courts 2024-11-29 11:22 pm By Sam Matthews

The High Court has been asked to weigh in on when a judge’s copying and pasting from submissions in a judgment crosses a line, a critical issue given the “systemic issues of resourcing” in Australian courts.

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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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