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The Bar • 11 December 2024
High Court rules that ‘sham’ terminations can cause psychiatric injury, overturning century-old law
A precedent set by a 1909 English case has been overturned by the High Court of Australia in a landmark workers’ rights...
Big Law • 27 November 2024
Tribunal overturns law firm’s sexual assault investigation
A London lawyer won an unfair dismissal case after he was terminated over an alleged sexual assault.
Big Law • 28 October 2024
Fired legal secretary’s ‘spiteful’ campaign against Gadens
A resentful legal secretary has pursued a lengthy, “determined and spiteful” campaign against her former law firm,...
Politics • 28 October 2024
‘Restricting NDAs is essential to putting victim-survivors first,’ lawyers argue
Recommendations have been made in a joint submission by the Human Rights Law Centre and Redfern Legal Centre to the Victorian...
An ousted solicitor who called an opposing lawyer a “c--t” and engaged in conduct that “deeply sickened” her...
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A Queensland law firm was unable to prevent a legal assistant based in the Philippines from pursuing an unfair dismissal...
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A former employee of World Vision Australia objected to a Federal Court judge hearing his unfair dismissal matter...
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Facing an “obvious” power imbalance and with very little support, a pregnant paralegal was terminated by Fourtree...
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A chicken factory worker fired for allegedly hitting a woman was unable to convince the Fair Work Commission his...
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An unfair dismissal claim has resulted in a cabin crew member with Virgin Airlines Australia being reinstated over what...
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The director of a Perth boutique firm fired a legal assistant in a text message drafted by artificial intelligence tool...
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A partner who was recently terminated by Clifford Chance, following allegations of “serious misconduct”, is...
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A judge criticised a Northern Territory legal charity for the unusual and “highly peculiar” excuse it used to...
Read MoreThe lawyer who said she was forced out of her job because she was sleeping in the firm’s offices has made an unfair...
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