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Judge asks GetSwift GC why he didn’t call out directors for being ‘bullies’
Alan Shearer 2023-01-31 8:05 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

A judge has grilled the former general counsel of defunct logistics company GetSwift about why he did not confront the company’s directors for “bullying” other executives when they raised concerns about alleged continuous disclosure breaches.

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Shaw & Partners conspired with defecting Fortrend advisors to steal clients, suit says
Corrs Chambers Westgarth 2023-01-31 5:13 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

Stock broker Fortrend Securities has filed a suit alleging wealth manager Shaw & Partners sent unsolicited welcome letters to clients as part of a scheme involving two former advisors.

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‘Unreasonable hours’: Details emerge in suit by Monique Ryan’s ex-chief of staff
Employment 2023-01-31 4:38 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

The former chief of staff for independent MP Monique Ryan says the Commonwealth engaged in “hostile conduct in the workplace” when it fired her after she refused to work “unreasonable” hours, according to newly released court documents.

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Recidivist CFMMEU dodges calls for penalty ‘towards the maximum’ in FWO case
Construction 2023-01-31 4:28 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

A judge has rejected arguments by the Fair Work Ombudsman that the CFMMEU should be slugged with a penalty close to the maximum for the conduct of union officers who failed to show entry permits at a worksite, but she has imposed personal penalties against two officers with a record of prior breaches.

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SMBC mulls new claims in $34M lawsuit over Forum Finance receivables
Bridges Lawyers 2023-01-31 3:34 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Japanese bank SMBC has foreshadowed an application to add claims against Humm Group after the fintech’s subsidiary allegedly misled the bank about receivables under contracts forged by a Forum Group entity.

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K&L Gates poaches corporate team from HWL Ebsworth
Business of Law 2023-01-30 8:08 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

US multinational firm K&L Gates has lured a partner and four solicitors from HWL Ebsworth for its growing corporate practice, just a month after poaching three other partners from the firm.

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BHP mine took adverse action against labour hire worker, judge finds
Dilan Mahendra 2023-01-30 6:24 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

A judge has found a BHP mine took adverse action against a labour hire worker by excluding him from entering a Queensland mine after he complained about safety, rejecting arguments that the mine could not take adverse action because it did not employ the worker directly.

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Teal MP Monique Ryan faces Fair Work lawsuit by former chief of staff
Employment 2023-01-30 5:08 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

High-profile teal independent Monique Ryan has been hit with a lawsuit by her ex-chief of staff and political activist Sally Rugg, who alleges her former boss breached protections in the Fair Work Act during her employment. 

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Judge ‘confused’ by ACCC’s rejection of $1.8B Telstra, TPG mobile network deal
ACCC 2023-01-30 4:49 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

The ACCC’s rejection of a regional network arrangement between Telstra and TPG was “confusing” and the telecos might be free to vary the transaction, says a judge who is overseeing a challenge to the competition regulator’s decision.

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Murdoch can add Crikey bosses to defamation case
Clarissa Amato 2023-01-30 3:47 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

Fox News CEO Lachlan Murdoch has cited the “editorial interference” of Private Media chairman Eric Beecher and CEO Will Hayward in a successful bid to join them as defendants in his defamation case against the Crikey publisher over an article in June last year.

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