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Certification of pleadings in legal action is not a formality that needs to be "ticked off", and solicitors who put their signature to improperly pleaded cases should face adverse costs, an irritated appeals judge has said.
Lawyers representing Bluescope in an appeal of a Fair Work case copped a scolding by a judge Thursday for sending multiple emails to his chambers "pressuring" his associate to provide dates for a hearing.
Three unions representing Qantas workers have asked the High Court for special leave to appeal a ruling from the Full Federal Court siding with the airline in a dispute over the operation of the JobKeeper wage subsidy.
Unions for 20,000 Qantas workers on stand-down orders amid the coronavirus pandemic have asked the High Court to overturn a ruling that they are not entitled to access paid sick or compassionate leave.
The Full Federal Court has upheld the dismissal of grocery store Aldi's lawsuit claiming that the Transport Workers Union engaged in misleading conduct by representing that it was responsible for road deaths and put "unsafe" pressure on truck drivers.
A job applicant has taken e-commerce giant Amazon to court for allegedly violating the Fair Work Act by refusing to give her a job because was pregnant.
Qantas workers on stand-down orders during the coronavirus pandemic have lost an appeal to overturn a ruling that they are not entitled to access paid sick or compassionate leave.
The CEO of fintech company iSignthis turned down an offer by the Australian Financial Review to pay $30,000 and retract portions of an article he claimed falsely linked him to a money laundering scheme, but his defamation case against publisher Fairfax might not proceed to trial if the judge overseeing the case can help it.
Mining services company Thiess has lost its challenge to a class action ruling which found the company had underpaid workers for time spent on the bus travelling home from a Pilbara-based liquefied natural gas processing plant owned by Woodside Energy.
‘Industrial activity’ under Fair Work Act doesn’t extend to spat over worksite amenities, court says
In an important ruling that confines the scope of "industrial activity" under the Fair Work Act, the Full Federal Court has overturned a $50,000 fine against the CFMEU and two officials for organising a work stoppage at a Brighton construction site that the union said needed a female toilet.