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ASIC says judge should not wait on High Court in case against payday lenders
Financial Services 2022-07-29 11:18 pm By Christine Caulfield

The corporate regulator will challenge a bid by payday lenders Cigno and BHF to stay its case pending their appeal to the High Court.

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Full Court decision could ensnare buy now, pay later schemes, High Court told
High Court 2022-07-27 11:37 pm By Sam Matthews

Payday lenders Cigno and BHF have filed High Court challenges to a judgment which found they could not bypass lender obligations contained in the Credit Code, warning the judgment could subject buy now, pay later schemes to the Code.

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HarperCollins wants High Court to reawaken deep sleep defamation case
Defamation 2022-07-27 1:41 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Publisher HarperCollins has filed a special leave application with the High Court seeking to challenge a decision that revived a defamation case by a psychiatrist over a book covering the controversial deep sleep therapy at the Chelmsford Private Hospital in the 1970s.

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Kupang Resources takes battle for director’s tax docs to High Court
Energy & Natural Resources 2022-07-22 2:26 pm By Christine Caulfield

Mining company Kupang Resources has asked the High Court to weigh in on its bid for tax office documents as it litigates to recoup millions of dollars allegedly embezzled by the company’s former shadow director.

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Judge under fire again, this time for developing own fraud case in bankruptcy spat
Courts 2022-07-20 12:08 am By Christine Caulfield

A court has overturned a ruling by a federal judge repeatedly in the spotlight for his decisions, finding in the latest case that a fraud claim against a property purchaser in a dispute with bankruptcy trustees was a notion developed, pursued and upheld by the judge himself.

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Barristers’ clerk with COVID-19 was fired for working from home: lawsuit
Employment 2022-07-18 11:33 am By Cindy Cameronne

A Melbourne-based barristers’ clerk has filed a lawsuit alleging her employment was terminated after she asked to work from home to manage her disability and was absent from work due to COVID-19 complications.

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ClearLoans settles ASIC’s first COVID-19 case against lender
COVID-19 2022-07-18 4:35 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The sole director of personal lender ClearLoans has agreed to settle the first case the Australian Securities and Investments Commission brought related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Unvaxxed stevedores not owed damages even if sackings had been unfair: FWC
COVID-19 2022-07-14 4:26 pm By Sam Matthews

The Fair Work Commission has found that unvaccinated stevedores were not unfairly terminated by their employer Patrick Stevedores — and even if they were no damages were owing. 

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Class action over COVID-19 jab mandate ‘legally misconceived’, judge says
COVID-19 2022-07-13 5:47 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has dismissed a proceeding against the New South Wales government over a mandate requiring healthcare workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19, saying the applicant’s constitutional case was “legally misconceived and must be rejected.”

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Nurse hit with charges for coming to work after COVID-19 test
COVID-19 2022-07-12 11:30 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

An aged care nurse who showed up to work while infected with COVID-19 could face hefty fines and jail time after being slapped with two charges for allegedly violating workplace safety laws.

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