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Ex-Qantas worker can’t escape settlement deed to bring discrimination claim
Anca Costin 2023-08-28 11:49 pm By Christine Caulfield

A former Qantas customer service manager can’t undo a $75,000 settlement she reached to resolve a workers compensation claim in order to pursue a discrimination suit against the airline, a court has found.

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Shipping exec who felt pressured to retire wins $230,000 judgment
Andrew Gotting 2023-05-04 11:22 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A former chief accountant for MUR Shipping who claims he was pressured to retire has won an appeal in his age discrimination case, bumping his damages award up from $20,000 to around $230,000.

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UTS still fighting race discrimination lawsuit after successful knock-out bid
Education 2023-01-23 4:29 pm By Sam Matthews

A former University of Technology Sydney professor based in Shanghai who accused the university of race and age discrimination over two years ago has been given another chance to plead his case, after a judge found he failed to fix pleadings that were previously struck out.

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Full Court slams judge’s reasons as ‘disordered stream of consciousness’
Appeals 2021-09-07 6:10 pm By Miklos Bolza

The Full Federal Court has issued a severe rebuke to a judge for his decision in an employment dispute, calling the judgment a “disordered stream of consciousness” and saying it had no choice but to send the matter back for a retrial.

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Ex-Maurice Blackburn lawyer not trying to dodge Qantas trial with hospital stay, judge says
Andrew Smorchevsky 2021-08-12 5:53 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A former Maurice Blackburn lawyer set to give evidence in a suit against Qantas was not “deliberately avoiding” the trial with an extended hospital stay, but “better evidence” was needed for why he was admitted, a judge has said.

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Destroying notes was ‘standard practice’, Norton Rose partner tells court
Charles Street 2020-12-03 5:09 pm By Miklos Bolza

An employment partner at Norton Rose Fulbright has defended his destruction of notes following an internal investigation into allegations of bullying at the law firm, telling a Federal Circuit Court judge that this was “standard practice”.

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Norton Rose partner destroyed evidence in Fair Work case, court told
Employment 2020-12-02 9:18 pm By Christine Caulfield

An employment partner with Norton Rose Fulbright, who has been referred by a judge to the legal watchdog for possible professional misconduct in a case by a former colleague, is under scrutiny in a second Fair Work suit, this time for allegedly destroying evidence.

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Ex-Qantas worker tries again to bring discrimination case against Maurice Blackburn
Andrew Smorchevsky 2020-08-18 12:15 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A former Qantas customer service manager has appealed a ruling blocking her from pursuing a disability discrimination case against Maurice Blackburn alleging the law firm put pressure on her to settle her workers compensation case against the airline.

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Maurice Blackburn escapes discrimination case by former client
Andrew Smorchevsky 2020-07-31 10:01 pm By Alison Eveleigh

A judge has shut down a former Qantas customer service manager’s bid to pursue a disability discrimination case against Maurice Blackburn alleging the law firm put pressure on her to settle her workers compensation case against the airline.

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Law firm accused of pressuring ex-Qantas employee to settle workers comp claim
Andrew Smorchevsky 2020-05-01 11:16 pm By Christine Caulfield

A former customer service manager for Qantas who claims to suffer from severe depression and anxiety has brought allegations of disability discrimination against Maurice Blackburn, claiming the law firm put pressure on her to settle her workers compensation case against the airline.

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