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.
A judge has signed off on a class action settlement that will see Retail Food Group pay nothing to the current and former franchisees of its Michel’s Patisserie chain.
Rugby Australia is considering an insolvent trading cross-claim against the directors of the Melbourne Rebels, in a suit by the failed team which was cut from next year’s Super Rugby Pacific competition.
In a loss for Bed Bath N’ Table, the Full Court has overturned a finding that homewares retailer House engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct by setting up its ‘Bed & Bath’ stores.
Johnson Winter Slattery has bolstered the ranks of its industrial relations and employment team, luring a new partner and special counsel away from Corrs Chambers Westgarth.
Two mergers and acquisitions partners from A&O Shearman have made the jump to White & Case, joining the international firm’s corporate team in Sydney.
A shareholder class action against BHP over the 2015 Fundao dam collapse in Brazil has won a bid to add an extra three weeks to a six-week hearing to account for any evidentiary surprises.
The National Anti-Corruption Commission will reconsider investigating six people involved in the Robodebt scheme after a report found commissioner Paul Brereton SC should have done more to remove himself from the decision.
A ninth class action has been filed on behalf of junior doctors in Victoria who were allegedly underpaid for shift work, after two landmark wins in the Gordon Legal-led underpayments class actions.
Accounting software company Xero allegedly told a female engineer her salary was lower than male colleagues because her skillset had diminished on parental leave.