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Unvaccinated DP World workers lose appeal bid for reinstatement despite ‘harsh’ dismissal
Employment 2024-05-14 11:11 pm By Andy Sidler

A group of DP World workers previously found to have been “blindsided” by their dismissal for refusing a mandatory COVID-19 jab have failed in a bid to appeal a decision that found their reinstatement inappropriate.

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Charges dropped against Victorian government over hotel quarantine program
Crime 2024-05-01 3:08 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Charges accusing Victoria’s Department of Health of health and safety breaches during the state’s hotel quarantine program have been dropped on the eve of trial, after the state succeeded in excluding evidence submitted to an inquiry into the disastrous program.

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Solicitor accused of raising money for class action he never filed can’t dodge watchdog’s claims
Legal Ethics 2024-04-16 10:50 pm By Sam Matthews

A Sydney solicitor has lost his bid to summarily dismiss the legal watchdog’s case alleging he set up misleading crowdfunding pages seeking funding for class actions over government orders requiring mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations, as well as another class action that was never filed.

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Hotel quarantine class action can’t proof witnesses ahead of criminal trial
Class Actions 2024-03-27 9:06 pm By Sam Matthews

The state of Victoria has won its bid to prevent lawyers for a class action over Victoria’s COVID-19 hotel quarantine debacle from proofing lay witnesses, ahead of a criminal trial against the Department of Health, which is due to start in May.

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‘I worked like a navvy’: Judge slams TWU for eleventh hour claim against Qantas
Employment 2024-03-18 4:23 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has chided the Transport Workers Union for announcing at the start of trial that it intends to seek lost union dues from Qantas, as a hearing kicked off over the amount of compensation the airline owes to ground crew, whose jobs were illegally outsourced at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

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Former AFL player loses COVID-19 vaccine case against Channel 9
COVID-19 2024-03-14 10:02 pm By Christine Caulfield

Former AFL player and sports presenter Warren Tredea has failed in his $1.5 million breach of contract case against Channel 9, which terminated an agreement with him for refusing to have a COVID-19 vaccine.

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Law firm wins 30% contingency fee rate in IAG shareholder class action
Class Actions 2024-02-29 11:50 pm By Christine Caulfield

The law firm behind a class action against Insurance Australia Group has secured a group costs order that will give it 30 per cent of any proceeds — a contingency fee rate six percentage points higher than the median rate for shareholder cases.

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Queensland court finds COVID-19 vaccine directive unlawful
COVID-19 2024-02-28 5:28 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Supreme Court of Queensland has found that a 2021 direction for police officers to receive the COVID-19 vaccination was unlawful and a similar mandate for ambulance service workers had no effect.

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Judge says settlement offers should operate as bulwark against costs in class actions
Class Actions 2024-02-09 10:10 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has held that there could be favourable costs consequences for Carnival if its rejected $15 million settlement offer in the Ruby Princess class action turns out to be more generous than the ultimate damages award, departing from a previous ruling that so-called Calderbank offers do not operate in group proceedings. 

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Ruby Princess class action rejected $15M settlement offer, court told
Class Actions 2024-02-05 4:11 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Cruise ship operator Carnival PLC has flagged a bid for indemnity costs after the lead applicant in a class action over a COVID-19 outbreak aboard the Ruby Princess rejected a $15 million settlement offer.

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