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Qantas wins eleventh hour injunction in dispute with Virgin-bound exec
Darrell Barnett 2021-04-30 11:06 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Qantas has secured a temporary injunction from a Singapore court blocking a former company executive from starting a new position at competitor Virgin Australia.

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Merivale suffers setback in $129M underpayments class action
Adero Law 2021-04-01 4:43 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The judge hearing an underpayments class action against hospitality company Merivale has found the workplace agreement that covered the group members was not validly approved.

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‘Missed the mark’: Qantas loses urgent appeal in spat with Virgin-bound exec
Appeals 2021-03-26 6:41 pm By Cindy Cameronne

An appeals court has upheld a ruling that Qantas’ dispute with former executive Nick Rohrlach over his defection to competitor Virgin Australia should be heard in Singapore because it falls under an exclusive jurisdiction clause in his employment agreement.  

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Qantas files ‘urgent’ appeal in dispute with defecting executive
Appeals 2021-03-25 12:11 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Qantas has appealed a decision that found its dispute with former executive Nick Rohrlach over his defection to competitor Virgin Australia should be heard in Singapore, saying the exclusive jurisdiction clause in his contract did not “bite”.

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Qantas dispute with exec that jumped ship to Virgin to be heard in Singapore
Employment 2021-03-19 11:09 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has ruled a legal stoush between Qantas and former executive Nick Rohrlach over his defection to competitor Virgin Australia should be heard in Singapore because it falls under an exclusive jurisdiction clause in his employment agreement.

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‘Both of you don’t look that great’: Judge criticises parties in dispute over Qantas exec’s defection to Virgin
Employment 2021-03-16 4:54 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has criticised the “clearly strategic” moves by Qantas and former senior executive Nick Rohrlach in their fight over whose lawsuit should resolve a dispute about the terms of his defection to competitor Virgin Australia.

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Qantas, Virgin fight to shut down cases over defecting exec
Employment 2021-03-09 2:14 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The first battle in the legal tug of war between Qantas and Virgin over a defecting senior executive will centre on whose lawsuit should be the one to ventilate the dispute, a court heard Tuesday.

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ANZ to seek privilege over sacked trader’s client files held by HWL Ebsworth
Alastair Vincent 2021-03-09 12:06 pm By Christine Caulfield

ANZ will fight to keep a sacked trader from accessing a client file held by HWL Ebsworth, citing privilege over the documents, a court has heard.

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GetSwift wins appeal bid to disqualify judge from class action
Ahmed Rizk 2021-03-05 10:38 am By Spencer Fowler Steen

GetSwift has triumphed in its bid to disqualify a judge who refused to recuse himself from hearing a shareholder class action against the logistics software company after presiding over ASIC’s civil penalty proceeding against the company.

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GetSwift slammed for ‘unfair attack’ on judge hearing class action, ASIC case
Ahmed Rizk 2021-02-15 7:18 pm By Miklos Bolza

GetSwift has been criticised for its “quite unfair attack” on a Federal Court judge who refused to disqualify himself from hearing a shareholder class action against the logistics software company after presiding over ASIC’s civil penalty proceeding against the company.

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