Four Victorian hospital operators have been ordered not to talk with or propose settlements with junior doctors that are targeted in three class actions accusing them of failing to pay junior doctors for overtime hours worked.
Car repair giant AMA Group has so far spent $737,000 in professional fees investigating whistleblower claims and taking former boss Andrew Hopkins to court for allegedly defrauding the company.
With the Delta variant of the coronavirus thrusting Australiaâs largest cities back into a protracted lockdown, lawyers forced to return to remote work for the forseeable future are lamenting the renewed loss of colleague and client connections.
Law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has rejected findings of dishonesty, deceit and abuse of process in seeking to overturn a $160,000 judgment against it, saying it had no “evil intent” in litigating a long-running dispute with former partner Thomas Martin.
A former Norton Rose Fulbright partner locked in a six-year legal battle with the firm has urged the Full Court to allow a $160,000 damages award in his favour to be recalculated, saying it did not provide enough “sting”, amounting to just $1,500 per partner.
The CFMEU has abandoned its landmark multi-million dollar class action against labour hire company Workpac following the High Court’s ruling that dashed the hopes of casual workers seeking leave entitlements.
An IT specialist who claims he was was “heavily medicated” when settling Fair Work Commission claims has lost a bid to amend his pleadings in a workplace injury and negligence case that has ensnared law firms Harmers Workplace Lawyers and Firths.
Barristersâ costs for a three-day hearing over alleged unfair dismissals of two childcare workers, which exceeded the $60,000 the workers were awarded, could have been avoided with a more ârealisticâ approach to negotiation, the Fair Work Commission has said.
A Pendal fund manager who accused his boss of constant insults and belittling has lost his application for an order to stop bullying, with the Fair Work Commission finding it was not within its jurisdiction to remedy a âdysfunctional work relationshipâ.
A Credit Union Australia worker, who was fired for ringing up $100 in personal coffee orders on the companyâs tab, has lost her bid to appeal a Fair Work Commission decision that she wasnât unfairly dismissed.