Founder of $80 million listed real estate business embroiled in legal dispute...
Michael Fredericks, founder and chief executive of listed company Onthehouse, is embroiled in a legal dispute with one of the original investors in the real estate business. In an application before...
View ArticleConsumers burned: Queensland government issues another recall notice,...
Cairns-based company Blueline Solar has been issued with a product safety recall notice and threatened with a fine of up to $1.1 million as the fallout from the recall of a faulty solar power circuit...
View ArticleBanker files $4.5 million sexual harassment claim against JBWere after being...
A former executive of JBWere has filed a $4.5 million sexual harassment case against the NAB-owned stockbroking firm, claiming she was the victim of a “culture of harassment” after taking maternity...
View ArticleBook industry warns Harper competition review against scrapping parallel...
Members of the Australian book industry have spoken out against the Harper competition review’s recommendation the federal government re-visit moves to relax restrictions on parallel importing,...
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Making companies pay for failing to prevent employee fraud
The high cost of organisational fraud in both private and public sectors in Australia continues to haunt organisations, particularly fraud committed by “trusted” employees. Cases prosecuted this month...
View ArticleDrunk Qantas flight attendant loses unfair dismissal case
A Qantas flight attendant with a history of being drunk at work has had her claim for unfair dismissal rejected by the Fair Work Commission. Margot Crowley, who had worked for the airline for just over...
View Article‘Remorseless’ childcare operator fined almost $20,000 for underpaying staff...
The owner of a Melbourne childcare business has been fined almost $20,000 for underpaying five employees and allegedly showing no remorse for their actions. Vivien Mahomet, the owner and operator of...
View ArticleCourt fines bakery after employee breaks arm in dough mixer
A Perth bakery has been ordered to pay almost $10,000 for failing to provide and maintain a safe workplace after one of its bakers broke his arm when using a dough mixer. La Crust Bakery was fined...
View ArticleRed tape holding back local food industry from paddock to plate
Complex and duplicated regulations are holding the Australian food sector back, according to a report released by the Australian Food and Grocery Council today. The Paddock to Plate report calls on the...
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Coles slapped with three-year ban for “freshly baked” bread claims
Supermarket giant Coles has been banned from advertising that its bread is freshly baked or baked on the day it is sold for three years. In a judgment handed down in the Federal Court this morning,...
View ArticleBeing a small business is “no excuse”: Judge fines gym $47,000 for ignoring a...
The Federal Circuit Court has fined a Melbourne business and its former director a total of $47,608 for ignoring a Fair Work Commission order to pay $2200 compensation for unfairly dismissing an...
View ArticleCrumby chef who cooked up chicken schnitzel swindle ordered to pay $70,000
A former head chef at the North Wollongong Hotel has been ordered to pay $70,000 in damages to the pub over thousands of missing chicken schnitzels. In a judgment handed down last week, the Federal...
View ArticleFounder of ASX listed real estate company resigns from own business after...
Michael Fredericks, the founder of Australian Securities Exchange listed Onthehouse, has resigned as chief executive after a legal dispute with one of the original investors in the real estate...
View ArticleEau de compo? Employee loses case claiming her colleagues’ perfume caused...
An employee who claims she was rendered incapable of working by her colleagues’ perfumes and aftershaves has lost her compensation claim. The public servant worked at a customer services centre for the...
View ArticleThe legal tips you need to know about buying property
A few months ago, in my first piece as your Chief Legal Columnist, I shared my top five legal tips for buying property. Since then, I've been overwhelmed with requests to share tips 6-10! Spring is the...
View ArticleBunnings worker fails in unfair dismissal claim after developing hernia at work
A former Bunnings employee has had his claim for unfair dismissal rejected, after the Fair Work Commission ruled the retailer did all it could to accommodate the worker’s medical concerns. In a case...
View Article“Evil” breast clinic and founder fined $100k for misleading representations
A Perth breast imaging clinic and its former director have been fined $100,000 after the consumer watchdog emerged victorious in its legal battle with the business. The fine follows a Federal Court...
View ArticleNSW hairdresser risks ombudsman’s wrath: Back in court again for underpaying...
A New South Wales hairdressing salon has come under fire from the Fair Work Ombudsman for a second time, with the employment watchdog launching legal proceedings against the company and its director...
View ArticleColes admits “ethical and moral responsibility” to trolley collectors in Fair...
Supermarket giant Coles will create a $500,000 fund to back-pay collectors of its supermarket trolleys as part of an enforceable undertaking with the employment watchdog that will put an end to a...
View ArticleCourt fines Brisbane 7-Eleven franchisee for throwing chair at sick worker
The owner of a Brisbane 7-Eleven store has been fined $250 for throwing a metal chair at an employee who told him he was unwell. Ninemsn reports Avinash Pratap Singh pleaded guilty to one count of...
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