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X Corp wants to dodge eSafety Commissioner’s notice served on Twitter
Social Media 2024-09-09 11:45 pm By Andy Sidler

X Corp claims it is not answerable to a compliance notice the eSafety Commissioner issued to Twitter concerning its monitoring of child sexual abuse on its platform, telling the court there’s a “lively dispute” about the effect of the company’s acquisition by Elon Musk.

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Uber wins fight with NSW revenue office over $81M in payroll tax
Tax 2024-09-09 11:09 pm By Andy Sidler

Uber has successfully challenged five years of payroll tax totalling more than $81 million, with a judge finding that payments made to drivers should not be taxed as wages as Uber only acts as a “payment collection agent” between rider and driver.

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Aussie Skips dumps appeal of penalty in waste cartel case
Competition & Consumer Protection 2024-09-09 11:59 pm By Christine Caulfield

Waste company Aussie Skips and its boss have binned their appeal of a multimillion dollar penalty for a price-fixing plot with rival Bingo Industries.

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P&O Cruises settles litigation by holidaymakers over fatal bus collision
Personal injury 2024-09-09 11:58 pm By Christine Caulfield

P&O Cruises has resolved a group of personal injury cases by passengers who were seriously hurt in a bus collision in Vanuatu in 2016.

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NT stolen wages class action settles for up to $202M
Class Actions 2024-09-06 11:15 am By Christine Caulfield

The federal government has agreed to pay up to $202 million to settle a class action on behalf of First Nations people in the Northern Territory who were allegedly denied wages owed for work performed over a nearly 40-year period.

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Domino’s hit with shareholder class action
Class Actions 2024-09-06 9:47 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Domino’s has been stung with shareholder class action accusing the pizza giant of misleading the market about its expected performance in Japan. 

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Class action accuses Exactech of supplying faulty joint implants
Class Actions 2024-09-06 12:53 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A Sydney law firm has filed a class action accusing private equity-owned medical device maker Exactech of supplying faulty joint implants that were subject to deterioration due to a packaging defect, caused serious medical complications in patients. 

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Westpac risk manager claims bank painted her a ‘troublemaker’
Employment 2024-09-06 3:13 pm By Andy Sidler

Westpac’s head of audit and risk has taken her employer to court, claiming the bank shut down her compliance concerns about its shuttered mortgage broking subsidiary RAMS and stigmatised her as a “troublemaker” after she made repeated inquiries into the matter.

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Bruce Lehrmann seeks to claw back $117k from lawyers
Defamation 2024-09-06 1:44 pm By Sam Matthews

Bruce Lehrmann has flagged a bid to claw back $117,000 he says his former legal team was not entitled to pay out of a trust account in his failed defamation case against Network Ten, saying he intends to use the sum to pay counsel to sign off on his appeal. In a case management hearing…

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Superannuation class action against Westpac unit to be discontinued
Class Actions 2024-09-06 12:44 pm By Sam Matthews

A class action targeting Westpac subsidiary BT Funds Management and Tal Life Insurance is set to be discontinued less than a year after it was filed.

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