by Mariam Chalak | Nov 4, 2020
The Fair Work Commission (the ‘Commission’) is a jurisdiction that is accessible to self-represented litigants. The Commission is unlikely to award costs against an unsuccessful applicant in an unfair dismissal application. However, there are still...
by Mariam Chalak | Oct 12, 2020
In a landmark decision published by the Court of Appeal in the Supreme Court of New South Wales today, it is finally settled that a by-law creating a blanket ban on pets in a strata scheme is invalid on the basis that such a by-law is oppressive. The decision in...
by Mariam Chalak | Oct 12, 2020
On 2 October 2020, the Federal Court of Australia in Roohizadegan v TechnologyOne Limited (No 2) [2020] FCA 1407 awarded close to $5 million in damages and penalties to the successful applicant, by relying on a mixture of breaches under the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth),...
