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Ex-Cushman & Wakefield director appeals ban on office leasing role with rival
Article 2023-07-28 11:30 pm By Christine Caulfield

A former Cushman & Wakefield director is appealing a ruling released Friday that upheld a non-compete restraint in her employment contract with the real estate services giant.

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‘Don’t expect I’ll put up with crap’: Solicitor loses appeal of discourteousness finding
Bridie Nolan 2023-06-01 4:11 pm By Sam Matthews

The director of a Sydney law firm has lost a bid to challenge a decision of the NSW Legal Services Commissioner, which slapped him with a caution for a failure to act courteously after he told a disgruntled client “don’t expect I’ll put up with crap” in a tense email exchange.

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Trans woman gets go-ahead to bring late discrimination case against Giggle for Girls
Barry Nilsson Lawyers 2023-06-01 9:40 am By Sam Matthews

A judge has allowed a discrimination case brought by a transgender woman who was excluded from female social network Giggle for Girls to be brought out of time, finding there was a public interest in determining the “metes and bounds” of Gillard-era amendments to the Sex Discrimination Act.

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Giggle for Girls suit primed as test case for transgender rights, court hears
Barry Nilsson Lawyers 2023-04-28 10:57 pm By Sam Matthews

A discrimination case brought by a transgender woman who was excluded from female social network Giggle for Girls may test the metes and bounds of Gillard-era amendments to the Sex Discrimination Act, a court has heard.

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Ex-Cushman & Wakefield director says $1.3M sign-on bonus with rival at stake in employment case
Bridie Nolan 2023-04-12 10:52 pm By Sam Matthews

A court has heard that a director at office leasing company Cushman & Wakefield who accepted a job with a competitor could lose a $1.3 million sign-on bonus if the case by her former employer is not promptly resolved.

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Cushman & Wakefield director can’t shake injunction blocking jump to rival
Bridie Nolan 2023-03-16 3:10 pm By Sam Matthews

A director at office leasing company Cushman & Wakefield who accepted a job with a competitor has lost a bid to lift an injunction keeping her on garden leave for three months, with a judge finding she was the “author of her own misfortune” for failing to read her employment contract.

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