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Big Law • 18 December 2024
Solicitor persists with ‘hopeless’ vendetta against firm
A solicitor has been on a seemingly endless crusade to punish a principal lawyer who called the police to kick him out of a...
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,...
Recommendations have been made in a joint submission by the Human Rights Law Centre and Redfern Legal Centre to the...
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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...
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