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Wrong plaintiff, wrong defendant: Payton Securities unit loses professional negligence case
Julia Nikolic 2022-07-15 11:58 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

Investment manager Payton Securities has lost a bid to recoup claimed losses over $1.4 million stemming from an allegedly negligent property valuation by Bertacco Ferrier, with a judge finding that the company had not retained the valuer and was not a party to the valuation.

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Sleeping Virgin flight attendant’s dismissal harsh and unfair, FWC says
Aviation 2022-07-15 11:19 pm By Christine Caulfield

A long-serving Virgin Australia flight attendant who was found sleeping on the job was unfairly sacked given the length of her employment with the airline, the Fair Work Commission has found.

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Seven files ‘urgent’ lawsuit over Commonwealth Games software
Contracts 2022-07-15 10:45 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Broadcaster Seven has filed court proceedings against a production firm it partners with to broadcast the Olympic Games for allegedly refusing to hand over software it needs for the upcoming Commonwealth Games.

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Bayer wants to amend Xarelto patent at centre of Sandoz’s invalidity claim
Ashurst 2022-07-15 11:37 am By Christine Caulfield

German pharmaceutical giant Bayer, which is facing a legal bid by generic drug maker Sandoz to invalidate patents covering blood clot drug Xarelto, is seeking to amend one of the patents in dispute.

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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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ACCC blesses Aurizon, One Rail merger with sale of east coast assets
Article 2022-07-14 1:27 pm By Christine Caulfield

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has given the OK to Aurizon’s proposed $2.3 billion acquisition of rail haulage company One Rail, after accepting a court-enforceable undertaking from Aurizon to sell One Rail’s east coast business.

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Lawyer who acted for both sides in employment case loses appeal of misconduct finding
Appeals 2022-07-14 2:37 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

A court has rejected an appeal by a lawyer who acted for both sides in an employment dispute between a company and its former managing director and advised the director to “take and park” over $370,000 from the company account as leverage.

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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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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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Online trader shut down following ASIC probe into ‘concerning consumer losses’
ASIC 2022-07-14 9:58 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

Online trading platform Trade360 will close shop at the end of the month, following an ASIC investigation that found its representatives at an offshore call centre provided personal advice to clients which the company was not licensed to give.

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