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WHAT IS ASSOCIATIONAL DISCRIMINATION?

JayS.Rothman&Associates

Protected Class Associational discrimination cases can be brought under various laws. Where the statute doesn’t directly prohibit associational retaliation, courts have also given broad interpretations that favor protection for the associates of whistleblowers. Employees who do suffer such actions may have a legal cause of action.

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New rules on service outside Australia for the Federal Court of Australia

Conflict of Laws

Leave to serve turned on three conditions: the court had subject matter jurisdiction, the claim was of a kind mentioned in the rules, and the party had a prima facie case for any or all of the relief claimed: FCR r 10.43(4). That rule set out pigeonholes or connecting factors that are familiar grounds of direct jurisdiction.

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