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High Court to clarify scope of genuine redundancy exception to unfair dismissal laws
Employment 2024-09-05 11:04 pm By Christine Caulfield

The High Court has agreed to weigh in on the genuine redundancy exclusion under unfair dismissal laws, taking up an appeal of a Federal Court ruling that found employers must first consider redeployment.

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HWL Ebsworth defeats client’s bid for High Court review in negligence case
Professional Negligence 2024-09-05 11:49 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court has declined to grant special leave to a former HWL Ebsworth client seeking to revive a decision that found the law firm’s bad advice over property in Parramatta’s ‘Auto Alley’ cost it $2 million.

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Mantle Group’s claims about FWC’s ‘harsh’ comments fail to sway High Court
Employment 2024-09-05 11:22 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Hospitality giant Mantle Group is stuck with a decision that found it systematically underpaid employees, after failing to convince the High Court that review was warranted because “harsh” comments made by the Fair Work Commission gave rise to the appearance of bias.

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CFMEU files High Court challenge to ‘unconstitutional’ administration
Employment 2024-09-03 4:32 pm By Sam Matthews

A leading industrial and employment firm has mounted a High Court challenge to the CFMEU administration on behalf of two of the unionā€™s former leaders, who argue the legislation that facilitated the administration was unconstitutional.Ā 

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Aristocrat gets another shot at Lightning Link patent after novel split High Court decision
Intellectual Property 2024-08-30 11:07 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has allowed Aristocrat to appeal a judge’s rejection of its application to patent its Lightning Link poker machine, citing novel questions raised by an equally split High Court decision about the patentability of its invention.

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World Touring Melbourne wins $2.8M over concert cancelled during COVID pandemic
Competition & Consumer Protection 2024-08-30 11:01 pm By Andy Sidler

The Australian Grand Prix Corporation will pay $2.84 million in damages for losses incurred by concert organisers for the cancellation of the 2020 Melbourne Formula One cup and a related Robbie Williams concert during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Carnival denies Ruby Princess passenger had ‘horrible’ time on ill-fated cruise
Class Actions 2024-08-29 11:06 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Carnival PLC has denied that a passenger, whose husband contracted COVID-19 and had to be put on a ventilator, had a ā€œhorribleā€ time aboard the ill-fated Ruby Princess, in a class actionā€™s appeal of a finding that she was only entitled to $4,000 in damages.

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IAG’s risk assessment of COVID claims under microscope in shareholder class action
Class Actions 2024-08-27 11:39 pm By Andy Sidler

A judge has granted broad discovery to a shareholder class action against IAG over COVID-related disclosures, saying the documents sought were relevant to determining the likelihood the insurer knew of the risk that it would have to pay out business interruption claims covered by polices that referenced defunct legislation.

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OAIC won’t investigate facial recognition software company Clearview AI again
AI 2024-08-26 11:50 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The OAIC will not investigate Clearview AI further after finding in 2021 that the US-based facial recognition software company breached privacy rules by scraping facial images from the web, but the regulator promised to weigh in soon on when the use of personal information to train AI could run afoul of privacy laws.

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ANZ employee can’t work from home full time, FWC says
Seyfarth Shaw 2024-08-23 11:43 pm By Cindy Cameronne

An ANZ employee has lost her application in the Fair Work Commission to work from home full time on the basis that she is over 55 years old, with a commissioner saying there was no ā€œrational connection” between her age and the request.Ā 

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