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ABC settles lawsuit by ‘overworked’ senior reporter
ABC 2021-12-15 11:57 am By Christine Caulfield

The ABC has resolved a discrimination lawsuit brought by a reporter who claimed she developed a medical condition as a result of being overworked.

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Gilbert + Tobin partner to become first woman to hold ACCC’s top post
ACCC 2021-12-14 1:45 pm By Bianca Hrovat

Gilbert + Tobin senior partner Gina Cass-Gottlieb has been nominated to become the first female chair of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.

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Appeals dismissed in ‘inconceivable’ challenge to NSW COVID-19 jab mandate
Coronavirus 2021-12-08 5:58 pm By Bianca Hrovat

An appeals court has found it “inconceivable” that legislation aimed at protecting public health would not have afforded the New South Wales health minister the power to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for certain workers, given the outbreak of the Delta strain of the coronavirus.

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Hall & Wilcox picks up three lawyers after ‘sad’ closure of 102-year-old Perth firm
Business of Law 2021-12-08 12:49 pm By Bianca Hrovat

Hall & Wilcox is strengthening its presence in Western Australia with the appointment of three lawyers nabbed from the now-closed commercial law firm Kott Gunning.

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Class closure question expected to go up to High Court
Analysis 2021-12-06 3:56 pm By Christine Caulfield

More than 18 months after a split emerged among the courts, the Full Federal Court will weigh in on whether judges have power to shut out unregistered group members from a class action. But given the breadth of the question for the appeals court, the issue is unlikely to be resolved there.

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Judge denies ‘hostility’ towards COVID-19 vaccine mandate challengers
Alistair Pound 2021-12-03 5:14 pm By Bianca Hrovat

Victorian workers challenging the government’s health directions requiring workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 have lost their second bid to disqualify the judge hearing the case on the ground of apprehended bias.

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‘No prospects of success’: Judge tosses COVID-19 class action over Victoria’s botched hotel quarantine
Adam Hochroth 2021-12-02 11:43 am By Bianca Hrovat

Two landmark class actions seeking damages from the Victorian government for economic losses suffered during last year’s second wave of COVID-19 have been thrown out, but one of the cases will be given a second chance to proceed.

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Threat of class action reform prompts rush to court
Bannister Law 2021-12-01 5:47 pm By Christine Caulfield

Fearing passage of a contentious bill in parliament that threatens to curb open class actions, plaintiffs law firms and funders have raced to court with new cases in the past two weeks.

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Banksia-inspired conflict of interest regulations quietly take effect
Class Actions 2021-12-01 3:40 pm By Miklos Bolza

Spurred by the Banksia class action scandal, the federal government has implemented new regulations requiring litigation funders to manage conflicts of interest that arise when the lawyers acting on a class action have a “material financial interest” in the funder that’s running it.

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Judge orders Employsure to pay $1M after ‘gagging’ at ACCC’s proposed sum
ACCC 2021-11-30 5:43 pm By Bianca Hrovat

Specialist workplace relations consultancy Employsure has been ordered to pay a $1 million penalty over a series of misleading Google advertisements, a figure significantly lower than the $5 million sought by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.

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