Judge’s Fair Work penalty ‘inadequate’, union says
A construction union accused a federal judge of imposing too light a sentence on a Canberra painting business that was found to have underpaid a former employee around ...
BIG LAW • Sun, 15 Sep 2024
Privacy Act reforms crack down on data breaches
In the wake of “large-scale” data breaches, reforms to the Privacy Act 1988 have introduced new penalties and criminal offences.
BIG LAW • Thu, 12 Sep 2024
Monster Energy wins $520k in costs from infringement matter
Monster Energy walked away from an infringement proceeding that was full of legal blunders with $520,000 in costs.
BIG LAW • Thu, 12 Sep 2024
Reprimanded solicitor’s hopeless appeal criticised by tribunal
An ACT tribunal said it was “incongruous” for a solicitor to appeal a 12-month suspension for altering documentation because he should have considered himself lucky he ...
BIG LAW • Wed, 11 Sep 2024
‘Inconceivable’: Judge slams tardiness in Super Retail Group dispute
Justice Michael Lee came down hard on the lawyers behind a chief legal officer for missing a deadline that he said should have taken a barrister and paralegal a half ...
BIG LAW • Wed, 11 Sep 2024
Latham’s sexually explicit tweet defamed Greenwich, court rules
A court found Mark Latham defamed political rival Alexander Greenwich in an offensive and sexually explicit tweet.
BIG LAW • Wed, 11 Sep 2024
Liability in Twitter, X Corp merger questioned with US lawyers
United States lawyers were called into an Australian courtroom that has been debating whether X Corp should be held responsible for a notice that was issued to Twitter ...
BIG LAW • Tue, 10 Sep 2024
Struck-off NSW lawyer robbed $470k from clients
An NSW lawyer who stole over $470,000 from clients has been removed from the roll of legal practitioners.
BIG LAW • Tue, 10 Sep 2024
Barrister accused of negligence protected by immunity
A Victorian barrister accused of allegedly damaging his client’s parenting dispute has been protected from a negligence finding because he was covered by the advocate’s ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 09 Sep 2024
