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Lawsuit by ex-office manager against Bannister Law resolves
Bannister Law 2023-07-12 5:21 pm By Christine Caulfield

A former accounts and office manager has resolved her case against class action firm Bannister Law alleging she was required to work while on leave and was fired after complaining about bullying.

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BHP unit brings High Court challenge over Christmas Day work
Appeals 2023-07-12 4:25 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

BHP in-house labour hire provider Operations Services has filed for special leave to appeal to the High Court a finding that it unlawfully required its coal miners to work on Christmas Day and Boxing Day.

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Age pension does not discriminate against Indigenous Australians, Full Court says
Australian Government Solicitor 2023-07-12 12:07 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

The Full Court has rejected class action claims that the age pension discriminates against Indigenous Australians because of differences in life expectancy.

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‘Commercial nonsense’ ruling shot down in AMP lease dispute
Christopher Burch 2023-07-11 10:16 pm By Gareth Baker Sydney

Willis Australia has won an appeal against its landlord, AMP Capital, with a court ruling the insurance broker is entitled to withdraw notice it gave in December 2019 to renew its office lease. 

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Ben Roberts-Smith appeals after court finds he committed war crimes
Appeals 2023-07-11 3:27 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Former SAS corporal Ben Roberts-Smith has filed an appeal after he lost his defamation case against Nine-owned Fairfax in a ruling that found he committed murder in Afghanistan and was not a reliable witness. 

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Hytera appeals ruling it stole Motorola’s code, copied computer programs
Appeals 2023-07-10 5:36 pm By Christine Caulfield

Chinese radio manufacturer Hytera has launched an appeal of a ruling that it misappropriated the source code of US mobile phone giant Motorola in a case of “substantial industrial theft”.

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Solicitor loses argument that costs assessors can’t get do-over
Business of Law 2023-07-10 5:15 pm By Gareth Baker Sydney

A Sydney solicitor has lost a 10-year-old dispute with a former client over fees, after unsuccessfully claiming a cost assessor’s conduct in issuing multiple preliminary cost certificates ran afoul of the Legal Profession Act.

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Mining magnate Gina Rinehart can’t fight use of arbitration docs as trial in family feud begins
Appeals 2023-07-10 3:44 pm By Gareth Baker Sydney

Hancock Prospecting can’t challenge an order that documents produced in arbitration are fair game, as the mining company’s chief, Gina Rinehart, battles her children in a trial over ownership of a valuable tenement set to start Monday.

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Care A2 loses bid for freezing order in case against Sports Flick exec
Acting Justice Carolyn Simpson 2023-07-10 3:06 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Infant formula maker Care A2 Plus has lost a bid for a freezing order against the former chief financial officer of Sports Flick as it appeals a finding she had no involvement in a fellow executive’s “deceitful” scheme over a $5 million World Cup streaming deal. 

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Monster Energy loses challenge to A&E Television’s trade mark
Davies Collison Cave 2023-07-07 5:42 pm By Gareth Baker Sydney

Monster Energy has lost a trade mark tiff with American broadcaster A&E Television, with IP Australia giving the media company the all-clear to register a mark for its ‘Monster Motor Challenge’ TV series. 

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