The president of the peak body for barristers in Victorian has slammed the Andrews government’s proposed pandemic laws as “appalling”, and says claims that the bar association was consulted were not true.
A court has shut down Facebookās renewed push to cut off Melbourne-based content strategists Sked Social from posting on Instagram on behalf of its clients, with a judge saying the social media giantās justification for varying the injunction order was āflimsy and possibly strategicā.
A former Morgan Stanley financial adviser has launched a lawsuit against the investment banking giant, alleging its negligence led to psychological strain so severe it rendered her permanently unfit for her job.
Construction equipment giant Caterpillar has accused a former employee of flagrantly copying āmany thousandsā of confidential files before moving to a rival.
The National Australia Bank is seeking an urgent declaration regarding the interpretation of the Fair Work Act, four days after the Wage Inspectorate of Victoria accused it of failing to pay former employees their long service leave entitlements.
The former export manager of pharmaceutical ingredient company Alkaloids of Australia has pleaded guilty to three counts of price-fixing, the first ever guilty plea by an individual to criminal cartel conduct.
Embattled Sydney accountant Vanda Gould has lost his defamation case against the Commissioner of Taxation, with a court finding Chris Jordanās defamatory comments constituted a ārobustā, but proportional, counter-attack to Gouldās public disparagement of the Australian Tax Office.
The NSW Law Society says law firms should consider equitable briefing and setting quotas to improve cultural diversity in the legal profession, saying more needs to be done to make the industry more inclusive.
Former NSW Labor Minister Ian Macdonald has been sentenced to at least five years in prison, and Eddie Obeid and his son Moses will go to jail for a non parole period of three years for their conspiracy to rig a tender process and secure a coal mining exploration licence for the Obeids’ land in the Bylong Valley.
The Australian Taxation Office will have “commercial discussions” with Gold Coast property developer James Raptis before deciding whether to seek summary judgment in a case over $109.5 million in alleged tax avoidance.