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Unvaxxed stevedores not owed damages even if sackings had been unfair: FWC
Coronavirus 2022-07-14 4:26 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

The Fair Work Commission has found that unvaccinated stevedores were not unfairly terminated by their employer Patrick Stevedores — and even if they were no damages were owing. 

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Christian Porter loses appeal after silk barred from acting in defamation case
ABC 2022-07-14 2:58 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Former Attorney-General Christian Porter has lost his challenge to a ruling that barred silk Sue Chrysanthou from representing him in his now-settled defamation lawsuit against the ABC over its coverage of historical rape allegations.

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Reflex fails to prove invalidity of Globaltech patent for devices sold to Boart Longyear
Adrian Ryan 2022-07-14 2:03 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Technology company Reflex Instruments has lost its challenge to rival Globaltech’s patent for two mining survey tools, with a judge finding Reflex had not established the technology wasn’t novel and lacked an inventive step.

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Judge asked by appeals court to explain damages in trade secrets spat
Banki Haddock Fiora 2022-07-13 11:33 pm By Christine Caulfield

An appeals court has returned a case to a judge it said did not give sufficient reasons for awarding damages in a case brought by flooring company Evagroup against a sales manager who left to launch a competing business.

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Judge questions if Tiwi Islanders disqualified from challenging Santos drill plan
Allens 2022-07-13 10:33 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

A judge has questioned whether Tiwi Islanders’ delay in filing an application to stop Santos from beginning drilling on an offshore gas project this month may have doomed the bid.

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Red Telecom hit with $450,000 penalty for failing to pay customers
ACMA 2022-07-13 3:30 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

A judge has ordered a defunct telecommunications company to pay $450,000 in penalties for flouting orders requiring it to pay out over $63,000 to its customers.

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Boston Scientific to pay $105M in class action over pelvic mesh devices
Boston Scientific 2022-07-13 1:19 pm By Christine Caulfield

US medical device maker Boston Scientific has agreed to pay $105 million to settle a class action on behalf of Australian women implanted with one or more of the company’s pelvic mesh or sling products.

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ASIC seeks $15M penalty against GetSwift after ‘unprecedented’ offshore move
Alan Shearer 2022-07-12 11:01 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

ASIC has called for a $15 million penalty against GetSwift and 12-year bans against its directors, who moved the logistics company overseas as the regulator’s enforcement action was on foot, a move the court on Tuesday said was “unprecedented”.

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Noumi fires back at Deloitte cross-claims in class action over $590M write-down
Accounting 2022-07-12 7:42 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

In the latest round of finger-pointing in a consolidated shareholder class action against Noumi, formerly Freedom Foods, the food company has taken aim at Deloitte’s claims that it gave the accounting firm misleading information.

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Mascot Towers owners settle with developer of neighbouring building
Colin Biggers & Paisley 2022-07-12 7:31 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Owners in Sydney’s Mascot Towers have struck a deal with the developer that built a neighbouring property, in a lawsuit seeking more than $15 million in damages over alleged structural cracks that made their apartments unlivable.

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