The High Court has declined to grant special leave to a former HWL Ebsworth client seeking to revive a decision that found the law firm’s bad advice over property in Parramatta’s ‘Auto Alley’ cost it $2 million.
ANZ has argued a sacked traderās bid for discovery has turned into a āroving commissionā of the bankās culture in a lawsuit alleging the trader was terminated for complaining about the bankās manipulation of the bank bill swap rate.Ā
Hospitality giant Mantle Group is stuck with a decision that found it systematically underpaid employees, after failing to convince the High Court that review was warranted because “harsh” comments made by the Fair Work Commission gave rise to the appearance of bias.
A Melbourne solicitor has been fined for applying for compensation on behalf of twenty clients from the Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal for the installation of CCTV systems by a company which she had an interest in.
The competition watchdog has approved a blockbuster regional network sharing deal expected to boost TPGās regional coverage as well as Optusā 5G rollout, after rejecting a similar deal between TPG and Telstra.Ā
The Bureau of Meteorology has dropped its appeal of a judgment that found a former senior executive was unfairly fired after taking a business-class trip to Paris.
Whitehaven Coal has struck back at a class action led by the father of famed mining investor Nathan Tinkler, calling the claims that it failed to fulfil an implied term of a $150 million share subscription from 2012 “fanciful”.
Consulting giant Accenture has failed to keep a human resources executiveās claims of Fair Work breaches out of the public eye, with a court finding prior publication of the allegations would render a suppression order pointless.
The South Australian legal watchdog has won its appeal of a decision which found it did not have the power to lay charges against a lawyer accused of āinappropriate and uninvitedā sexual contact with a junior solicitor.
A court has held that a ānuancedā business model used by a rental company providing long-term leases to often vulnerable consumer for household items breached the Credit Act, finding the loan agreements were in substance credit contracts. Federal Court Justice Lisa Hespe found on Wednesday that Rent4Keeps attempted to avoid being caught by the Credit…