A Fair Work commissioner who previously slammed vaccine mandates as “medical apartheid” has found that an Australian National University professor was unfairly fired over a 30-minute “intimate” beach encounter with a student.
National fitness chain F45 has appealed a court decision revoking two of its patents for a computer-run trainer workout system, arguing its system constituted a technological innovation in the field of fitness studio franchising which rival Body Fit has profited from.
A judge has questioned the $55,000 penalty jointly proposed by the parties in ASIC’s case against fintech company Squirrel Super over misleading statements about returns on property statements, saying it “might be a bit light on.”
The son of infamous Kings Cross personality John Ibrahim is challenging a recent judgment clearing publisher Nationwide News and reporter Brenden Hills of defamation over a “sensationalist and voyeuristic” Sunday Telegraph story.
The issuer of Gold Coast-based cryptocurrency Qoin has asked a court to throw out a class action alleging breaches of the ASIC Act and Australian Consumer Law in relation to the issue of the utility coin.
Sydney-based plastic surgeon Daniel Lanzer and four of his associates have been hit with a class action lawsuit on behalf of patients who allegedly suffered “horrific” consequences from surgeries performed at Lanzer’s clinic.
Writer Clementine Ford is suing Fairfax Media and Tory Maguire, executive editor of The Age and Sydney Morning Herald newspapers, over a statement Maguire made referring to “vile and personal attacks” by Ford on journalists and editors at the mastheads, where she was previously a columnist.
AMP has admitted to contraventions and will face a penalty in ASIC proceedings over fees-for-no-service conduct that allegedly led to upwards of $600,000 being unlawfully withdrawn from superannuation member accounts.
The Victorian Auditor-General Andrew Greaves and the State of Victoria are being sued by a former executive who says she was overworked to the point of mental breakdown during the COVID-19 pandemic.
WA premier Mark McGowan’s text messages between Kerry Stokes and the WA Attorney General have been revealed at the trial in Clive Palmer’s defamation case, including an exchange in which the state’s leader thanks the media baron for the “marvellous front pages”.