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Consternation around the ‘Right to Disconnect’ and high-profile proceedings: What’s hot in law this week (12–16 Feb)

This week, the Federal Parliament passed groundbreaking workplace legislation, which could have “significant” management implications for legal employers. Elsewhere, it was a busy week in Australia’s courts. Here is your weekly round-up of the biggest stories for Australia’s legal profession.

user iconLawyers Weekly • 17 February 2024 • Big Law
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For the week from 12 February to 16 February, these were the 10 most-read stories on Lawyers Weekly (in case you missed them):

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  1. Sydney lawyer fired after salary cut in half
A lawyer claimed she was fired the day after she called in sick for mental health distress by a director who regularly threatened to terminate her employment and halved her salary without sufficient notice.

  1. Right to Disconnect Bill could create ‘significant management issue for law firms’
A Right to Disconnect Bill recently passed the Senate – introducing a right for workers to disconnect once they are finished with their working hours. Here, workplace lawyers discuss the bill and what it means practically and legally.

  1. Inquiry chair’s probe into Lehrmann trial allegedly influenced by journalist, court told
Explosive texts and emails allegedly revealed the chair of an inquiry examining Bruce Lehrmann’s abandoned criminal trial allowed a journalist to corrupt his impartiality, a court was told.

  1. Wilkinson ‘gobsmacked’ by Network Ten and its legal team
Former The Project host Lisa Wilkinson said it was “deeply unsatisfactory” for her former employer and its lawyers to ignore her legal needs in the lead-up to the Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial.

  1. Father of alleged Pell victim wins High Court loophole fight
In a “monumental” decision, the High Court has thrown out the Catholic Church’s bid to avoid paying damages to the father of a choirboy who was allegedly sexually abused by George Pell.

  1. HWL Ebsworth’s hackers hit with final injunction
A Supreme Court made a final interlocutory injunction against HWL Ebsworth’s hackers from sharing or using the stolen information.

  1. Aldi fails to have $150m underpayment class action thrown out
Supermarket giant Aldi was accused of forcing the Federal Court to hear a “mini-trial” as part of its unsuccessful attempt to have a $150 million underpayment class action thrown out.

  1. Things I wish I’d known as a first-year law student
OPINION: When I was getting started in my law degree, there were a handful of things that would have been great to be aware of, writes Daphne Fong.

  1. Woman’s conflict with boutique firm given one more chance
A South Australian woman who has brought a number of unsuccessful and “contentious” applications against a boutique law firm has been given one last chance to argue her case.

  1. WA appoints new deputy SAT president, District Court judge
West Australian Attorney-General John Quigley has appointed a new deputy president of the State Administrative Tribunal, as well as a new judge for its District Court.

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