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Judge weighs exemption from Victoria’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for 134 workers
COVID-19 2021-11-03 8:43 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A group of 134 workers in healthcare, education and construction have argued a judge should grant them a temporary exemption from Victoria’s direction mandating essential employees be vaccinated against COVID-19 to work outside their homes.

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High Court upholds challenge to backpacker tax
Employment 2021-11-03 4:36 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court has found a 15 per cent ‘backpacker tax’ imposed on holders of Australian working holiday visas violates a double taxation agreement between Australia and the UK.

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Beetaloo gas exploration was approved to ‘stymie’ climate change case, judge told
Climate change 2021-11-02 9:14 pm By Miklos Bolza

The Morrison government decision’s to enter into a contract with a subsidiary of Empire Energy for gas exploration in the Beetaloo Basin was an effort to “stymie” climate change litigation brought against the federal resources minister, a court has heard.

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Barrister who repped execs in long-running ASIC case appointed Federal Court judge
People In The News 2021-11-01 3:47 pm By Miklos Bolza

A silk and former Clayton Utz litigation partner who represented the directors of failed telco OneTel in a nearly decade-long ASIC case that ended in a defeat for the corporate regulator has been appointed a judge on the Federal Court.

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Class action silks thank court for OKing in-person trial that didn’t happen
Courts 2021-10-29 7:27 pm By Christine Caulfield

A settlement in the class action against Crown Resorts put paid to an in-person trial before it began, but gathering in court on Friday to notify the presiding judge of the happy outcome was enough to remind the Victorian litigators what they had missed over the past 18 months.

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Qantas COVID-19 mask mandate ‘lawful and reasonable’: FWC
Employment 2021-10-29 5:44 pm By Miklos Bolza

The Fair Work Commission has ruled that a mask mandate issued by Qantas as part of its Fly Well program in response to the COVID-19 pandemic was “lawful and reasonable” as it tossed an unfair dismissal case brought by a former flight attendant.

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Barristers ‘deeply concerned’ about Andrews’ COVID-19 pandemic legislation
COVID-19 2021-10-29 2:30 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Thirteen Victorian silks have expressed “deep concern” over a bill proposed by the Andrews government giving the health minister power to make “pandemic orders”.

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FWC deputy president who railed against ‘medical apartheid’ barred from workplace vaccine disputes
Employment 2021-10-28 9:11 pm By Miklos Bolza

A Fair Work Commission deputy president who warned against “a system of medical apartheid and segregation” in a decision on a workplace vaccine challenge has disqualified herself from hearing any future workplace vaccination disputes and been excluded from Full Bench work.

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Gilbert + Tobin to give all lawyers 10% pay rise as competition for talent heats up
Business of Law 2021-10-28 4:33 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Big Six law firm Gilbert + Tobin has announced it will give all legal staff who have been with the business since July a ten per cent pay rise and increase parental leave to 26 weeks to lure talent in a competitive market.

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Court says it does not have power to make declarations in COVID-19 vaccine challenge
COVID-19 2021-10-28 3:38 pm By Bianca Hrovat

The Queensland Supreme Court has ruled it does not have the power to make declarations regarding the validity of COVID-19 vaccination mandates for Queensland health workers and police officers.

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