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Nine’s A Current Affair broke privacy rules in airing neighbour dispute, ACMA finds
Media 2023-05-18 11:36 pm By Gareth Baker

The Australian Communications and Media Authority has found Channel Nine breached privacy rules in a story on A Current Affair about a violent dispute between neighbours in regional New South Wales that went viral on YouTube.

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Tech exec subjected to DXC’s ‘unreasonable’ 7-year restraint clause wins appeal
Technology 2023-05-16 10:28 pm By Sam Matthews

An appeals court has found a seven-year non-competition clause in US tech giant DXC Eclipse’s agreement with the former director of Melbourne software firm Sable37, which it acquired in 2018, was unreasonable.

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Meridian continues raid of McCabes to grow insurance team
Business of Law 2023-05-15 10:30 pm By Gareth Baker

National law firm Meridian Lawyers has nabbed two senior practitioners from McCabes for its insurance group, less than a month after luring 14 lawyers and staff from its competitor.

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High Court challenge could clarify scope of reliance damages
Contracts 2023-05-11 5:30 pm By Sam Matthews

A city council in the Hunter Valley region is set to appeal to the High Court a decision that found it was liable to pay a flight company over $3.6 million in damages for wasted expenditure after it repudiated a contract to lease land at the local airport.

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University of Technology Sydney to backpay staff $4.4M
FWO 2023-05-11 11:34 pm By Gareth Baker

The University of Technology Sydney will backpay staff more than $4.4 million, plus $1.3 million in superannuation and interest, after agreeing to an enforceable undertaking with the Fair Work Ombudsman.

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‘Don’t even waste my time’: Judge trashes NSW’s bid for messages in music festival class action
Class Actions 2023-05-05 2:42 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has criticised a bid by the NSW government to access seven months of messages relating to drugs by the lead plaintiff in a class action over allegedly illegal strip searches at a Byron Bay music festival, saying they seemed “wholly irrelevant” to the case. 

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Melissa Caddick’s parents, receivers strike deal over Edgecliff property
White Collar 2023-05-05 4:12 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The parents and receivers for accused Sydney fraudster Melissa Caddick have reached a deal over a multi-million dollar property in Sydney’s East, but the compromise remains to be blessed by out-of-pocket investors.

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Ex-BCEG directors claw back costs after shaving $12.5M off judgment
Construction 2023-05-04 2:43 pm By Sam Matthews

Two ex-directors of Chinese construction and engineering firm BCEG who were found to have defrauded the company have succeeded in clawing back a portion of their costs of a partially successful appeal which reduced the amount owing to their former employee by around $12.5 million.

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Lauren Cranston jailed for eight years for Plutus tax fraud
White Collar 2023-05-01 5:45 pm By Sam Matthews

The daughter of a former ATO boss has been sentenced to eight years imprisonment over her role in an $105 million tax fraud involving payroll services company Plutus Payroll, with a judge finding she showed “no contrition” for her conduct.

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Scenic Tours can’t dodge $10M damages ruling in cruise class action
Competition & Consumer Protection 2023-04-20 10:45 pm By Sam Matthews

Cruise operator Scenic Tours is stuck with a $10 million damages bill but has avoided paying for disappointed traveller’s flights, after an appeals court mostly rejected its appeal of an award to travellers who were promised a “once in a lifetime cruise along the grand waterways of Europe” but were instead forced to take the bus.

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