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PappaRich franchise operator accused of underpaying workers $74,000
Employment 2019-03-22 11:39 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

A PappaRich franchise operator is facing legal action by the Fair Work Ombudsman for allegedly underpaying 154 workers at three of the Malaysian food chain’s outlets in Sydney.

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Judge not too old to hear banned doctor’s case, court says
Acting Justice Ronald Sackville 2019-03-22 10:02 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

An appeals court has dismissed a banned medical doctor’s challenge to the granting of three vexatious proceedings orders on constitutional grounds that the judge who made the orders was too old.

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Class actions in NSW Supreme Court do not require plaintiffs to have a claim against all defendants
Article 2019-03-21 9:17 pm By Christine Caulfield Sydney

In a first for the NSW Supreme Court, Judge Peter Garling last week found that the plaintiff in a class action does not need to have a claim against all defendants, a case that could make life much easier for plaintiff lawyers, says barrister Daniel Meyerowitz-Katz of Second Floor Wentworth Chambers.clas

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Whitehaven Coal fined $38k for hazardous fumes at blast site
Ashurst 2019-03-20 9:29 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Australia’s largest independent coal producer Whitehaven Coal Mining has been convicted and fined $38,500 after potentially harmful gas drifted from one of its mines across neighbouring farmland.

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Appeals court tosses challenge to Allianz Stadium demolition
Acting Justice Arthur Emmett 2019-03-15 9:54 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A Sydney community group has lost a last-minute challenge to the demolition of Allianz Stadium, with the Court of Appeal throwing the case out in a unanimous decision.

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Harry Triguboff’s Meriton sues NSW premier over Macquarie Park tower
Environment 2019-03-14 11:54 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Billionaire property developer Harry Triguboff is taking NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian to court in his fight for approval of a controversial tower in Macquarie Park, Sydney.

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United Petroleum loses $2M award over compulsory land acquisition
Acting Justice Ronald Sackville 2019-03-06 5:38 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

An appeals court has overturned a ruling awarding $2 million in compensation to United Petroleum after the state government compulsorily acquired land on which the petrol retailer operated a service station and restaurant.

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Former MP Ian Macdonald gets conviction overturned
Energy & Natural Resources 2019-02-25 9:11 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A five-member appeals panel in the NSW Supreme Court has overturned former NSW Labor Minister for Mineral Resources Ian Macdonald’s conviction for wilful misconduct of public office in relation to the Doyles Creek Mining scandal.

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Luxury Sydney retailer settles with Transport for NSW over light rail project
Alice Zheng 2019-02-22 9:38 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Luxury boutique retailer Watches of Switzerland has reached a settlement in principle with Transport for NSW to resolve its case alleging damages resulting from Sydney’s light rail project, a court has heard.

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Leyonhjelm loses second bid to dodge Hanson-Young defamation case
Defamation 2019-02-19 11:57 am By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Liberal Democrat Senator David Leyonhjelm has lost his challenge to a ruling that denied his request for speedy dismissal of a defamation lawsuit by Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young on the grounds of Parliamentary privilege.

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