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Class action wants BSA to double first payment under $20M settlement
Technicians bringing a class action against BSA have argued it should double its first settlement payment using money raised in its 2022 prospectus after the telco contractor filed an “urgent” bid to ringfence capital raisings from the $20 million payout.
IP boutique claims doc destruction in client poaching case
An IP boutique in a lawsuit against two former lawyers who left to launch a rival firm has alleged documents it sought from the pair had been destroyed or deleted.
BSA wants to ringfence capital raisings from $20M class action settlement
Telco contractor BSA has sued for declarations that cash raised from its 2022 prospectus cannot go towards a $20 million settlement reached with group members in a Shine Lawyers-led class action accusing the company of misclassifying its workforce of technicians as independent contractors.
Social justice law firm sued by solicitor claiming $185,000 in wages
A solicitor who says she wasn’t paid for three years before her termination is suing her former employer -- a “community-oriented” Sydney law firm -- for over $185,000 in unpaid wages and other entitlements.
Allens lures employment partner from MinterEllison
Big six firm Allens has bolstered the ranks of its employment and safety practice with the recruitment of partner Samantha Betzien from MinterEllison.
Solicitor’s defamation case against Victoria’s State Revenue Office revived
A former solicitor at the Victorian state revenue office who was dismissed after alleged sexual harassment and “scandalous staring” has won his appeal in a defamation case against the Victorian government, with the case being sent to a judge for trial.
Qantas takes fight over axing of ground staff to High Court
Qantas has asked the High Court to reverse a judgment that found it violated the Fair Work Act by axing 1,800 ground staff partly to prevent them from bringing industrial action.
Sacking of ANU professor who went skinny dipping with student not unfair, FWC says
The Fair Work Commission has overturned a finding that an Australian National University professor was unfairly fired over a 30-minute "intimate" beach encounter with a student, saying the student was unfairly cast as an “embittered seductress.”
University sued by union over ‘inaccurate’ workload formula
The National Tertiary Education Industry Union has brought proceedings against the University of the Sunshine Coast for allegedly allocating teaching and research work to academic staff that did not “accurately reflect the time taken to do the work”.
Ex-Sydney Symphony CEO damaged own reputation with ‘hit job’ media release, court told
The Sydney Symphony argues its former CEO can't claim she was dismissed for investigating claims of sexual harassment by the orchestra's musicians after previously telling the media she was the victim of a politically motivated "hit job" for seeking funding from the NSW government.