An Airbnb hostâs claim for JobKeeper payments has been shot down, with a tribunal saying the accommodation of paying guests at oneâs own home did not constitute a business.
Three security officers who say they were traumatised by the fatal riots at Australiaâs asylum seeker detention centre on Papua New Guineaâs Manus Island have launched a negligence lawsuit against their former employer.
If evidence were needed that courts are not rubber stamping class action settlements, the scrutiny of multi-million dollar agreements in 2021 is proof positive that judicial oversight of representative proceedings is robust.
Westpac is facing a lawsuit by a 67-year-old former manager, who alleges a colleague began a bullying campaign against him, including by asking him ‘When are you going to retire?’, after he complained that she was responsible for a backlog of declined insurance cases.
US-based telecommunications giant Verizon has sued a Melbourne company for allegedly violating its ‘Verizon’ trade marks by registered a business with the same name.
A class action against Western Australia is seeking damages for alleged discrimination of Indigenous Australians detained for unpaid fines.
Accounting giant KPMG is seeking the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by a former long-serving employee over âunnecessarily aggressive, belittling and disproportionateâ emails allegedly attacking his professional integrity.
Technology giant Lenovo has been accused of taking adverse action against a compliance manager who complained of workplace bullying and harassment.
HarperCollins has agreed to settle a defamation lawsuit by Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, with the publisher promising to amend significant portions of its best-selling book chronicling the rise of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Mylan’s Australia unit is appealing decisions by the tax office to refuse deductions on interest paid under loans taken out by the pharmaceutical giant to help fund the $1.2 billion acquisition of generic drug maker Alphapharm almost 15 years ago.