With EY Australia still grappling with the recapitalisation and sale of assets, Justice James Stevenson of the NSW Supreme Court was reluctant to allow plaintiff Jet Midwest to proceed with a claim for damages upwards of $US7.2 million ($11 million).
Justice Michael Lee could only identify a figure for three test cases based on their circumstances after the outsourcing. One person received $100,000, another $40,000, and the last $30,000.
Justice Helen Rofe signed off on the settlement reached in May, which will see the Flying Kangaroo pay a pecuniary penalty of $100 million and compensate passengers up to $20 million in total.
Two months after Qantas and the Australian and International Pilots Association (AIPA) both emerged from a Federal Court of Australia dispute with a loss, Justice Scott Goodman has dismissed separate applications to recoup some of their legal costs.
Appearing in the Federal Court to outline next steps, voluntary administrators from EY Australia said it would be “inutile” and costly for former chairman Lim Kim Hai to move forward with an extraordinary general meeting while directors do not have any power.
Qantas and Australia’s biggest pilots’ union went head-to-head in court over the airline’s decision to bypass senior pilots for prestigious roles flying the A380 – but both came out with a loss.
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