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Boeing instructor who refused COVID jab was unfairly terminated: FWC
Employment 2023-01-17 10:37 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A Boeing Defence instructor who was sacked for refusing to get a COVID-19 vaccination has won an unfair dismissal case, with the Fair Work Commission finding it was ā€œharsh and unreasonableā€ for Boeing to fire him while he was in the running for another role at the company.

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WA saddled with $2M legal bill from ‘futile’ defamation fight with Clive Palmer
Article 2022-12-23 4:11 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The state of Western Australia has been left with a $2 million legal bill for defending a defamation actionĀ  by billionaire Clive Palmer and advancing cross-claims on behalf of premier Mark McGowan, which a judge blasted as “a futile exercise”.

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EPA did not have to consider greenhouse gas emissions in coal licence renewal, court finds
Environment 2022-12-21 10:43 pm By Sam Matthews

The Victoria Supreme Court has dismissed a bid to quash the Environment Protection Authorityā€™s decision to renew the mining licences of the state’s three remaining coal power stations, in a test case for the state’s Climate Change Act.

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Settlement reached in associates’ sexual harassment case against judge
Employment 2022-12-19 11:33 pm By Christine Caulfield

Multi-million dollar claims of sexual harassment by two associates of a former Victoria Supreme Court judge have been settled by the state out of court.

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Albanese government to abolish ā€˜irreversibly damagedā€™ AAT
Courts 2022-12-16 1:40 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Albanese government has vowed to abolish and replace the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, saying it has been ā€œfatally compromisedā€ by the former government which allegedly appointed political allies who had no expertise.

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Go-to silk for high stakes commercial cases among three new Federal Court judges
Business of Law 2022-12-15 11:08 pm By Christine Caulfield

A senior barrister at the helm of important insurance test cases has been appointed to the Federal Court bench, along with two state court judges.

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High Court won’t hear appeal by payday lenders Cigno, BHF
High Court 2022-12-15 8:43 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court won’t hear an appeal by payday loan providers Cigna and BHF seeking to challenge a Full Court judgment that found they can’t dodge the obligations contained in the National Credit Code through their lending model.

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ā€˜No duty to be decent and fairā€™: Allianz wins High Court appeal over cyclone damage claim
Insurance 2022-12-14 4:59 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Insurer Allianz has won its challenge to a decision forcing it to indemnify a north Queensland body corporate for cyclone damage despite non-disclosure of serious building defects, with the High Court finding insurers have no general duty to be ā€œdecent and fairā€.

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High Court clarifies test for implied terms, says CoreLogic did not infringe photographer’s copyright
Intellectual Property 2022-12-14 5:56 pm By Sam Matthews

The High Court has found that property data analytics firm CoreLogic did not infringe a real estate photographer’s copyright by uploading images from realestate.com.au to its platform, overturning a decision of the Full Federal Court.

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COVID-19 hotel quarantine class action fights stateā€™s bid for stay
Class Actions 2022-12-12 9:07 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A class action on behalf of businesses claiming harm from the 2020 hotel quarantine debacle has fought back against the state of Victoriaā€™s bid to push the case off until a criminal action against the stateā€™s Department of Health has been heard.

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