A judge has shot down a union bid to stall a lawsuit over picketing at the new ‘robo’ terminal in Port Melbourne pending the outcome of an appeal challenging the merger of the CFMEU with two other unions.
The Turnbull government will continue to pursue legislation that would have blocked the merger of the Construction, Forestry and Energy Union with two other unions by submitting the amalgamation to a public interests test.
Slater and Gordon is mulling a class action on behalf of women who suffered complications after receiving a pelvic mesh implant, in the wake of a damning parliamentary report on the controversial devices.
Residents and property owners whose homes were damaged or destroyed after a bushfire in Tathra, NSW — believed to have been sparked by an Essential Energy power line — are being invited to join a potential class action by Slater and Gordon.
The Fair Work Commission has refused a bid by an employer group to halt the merger of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union and two other unions while a challenge is heard.
Slater and Gordon is seeking costs for defending against unsuccessful challenges brought by two industry groups to the merger of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union with two other unions.
Slater and Gordon is mulling a class action against Australian banks over credit card insurance, which the firm describes as “worthless” and “junk” because many people who are sold the insurance are not eligible to make a claim.
Industry groups filed an appeal yesterday of a Fair Work Commission decision that granted approval to the merger of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union with two other unions.
Auditing firm Pitcher Partners has filed its defence in a class action accusing it of wrongly signing off on Slater & Gordon’s financial reports, denying responsibility for alleged material misstatements that investors say they relied on to their detriment.
It might be in the glare of a government inquiry, but business is booming for Australian litigation backer IMF Bentham, which values its current caseload at $4.7 billion.