Ewin v Vergara (No 3)
| Jurisdiction | Australia Federal only |
| Neutral Citation | 2013-1205 FCA D |
| Date | 2013 |
| Year | 2013 |
| Court | Federal Court |
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4 cases
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Ford v Inghams Enterprises Pty Ltd (No 3)
...Securities Ltd (No 2) [2010] FCAFC 118 Employment Services Australia Pty Ltd v Poniatowska [2010] FCAFC 92 Ewin v Vergara (No 3) (2013) 307 ALR 576; [2013] FCA 1311 Font v Paspaley Pearls [2002] FMCA 142 Hall v A & A Sheiban Pty Ltd & Ors (1989) 20 FCR 217 Harrington-Smith v Western Austral......
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Delpachitra v University of Technology Sydney
...University [2009] HCA 27; (2009) 239 CLR 175 Australian Medical Council v Wilson [1996] FCA 1618; (1996) 68 FCR 46 Ewin v Vergara (No 3) [2013] FCA 1311; (2013) 307 ALR 576 Hollis v Vabu Pty Ltd [2001] HCA 44; (2001) 207 CLR 21 John Holland Pty Ltd v Maritime Union of Australia [2009] FCA 4......
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Hastwell v Kott Gunning (No 5)
...[1969] 2 All ER 127 Electric Light & Power Supply Corporation Ltd v Electricity Commission (NSW) (1956) 94 CLR 554 Ewin v Vergara (No 3) [2013] FCA 1311 Furesh (as administrator of Intestate Estate of Slipcevich) v Schor [2013] WASCA 231; (2013) 45 WAR 546 Grant v BHP Coal Pty Ltd (No 2) [2......
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Hughes trading as Beesley and Hughes Lawyers v Hill
...Pty Ltd t/as Sunday Times [2012] FCA 307; 201 FCR 389 Collins v Smith (Human Rights) [2015] VCAT 1992; 256 IR 52 Ewin v Vergara (No 3) [2013] FCA 1311; 307 ALR 576 Huntley v State of NSW Department of Police & Justice (Corrective Services NSW) [2015] FCCA 1827; 251 IR 136 Planet Fisheries P......
4 firm's commentaries
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Contractor Ordered To Pay Half A Million Dollars For Sexual Harassment
...broad scope of what a "workplace" may be, as any alternative interpretation would undermine the Act's objective. Ewin v Vergara (No 3) (2013) FCA 1311 The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter. Specialist advice should be sought about your spec......
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Accountant ordered to pay $476,000 in damages for sexual harassment - a timely reminder for Christmas functions!
...v Vergara (No 3) [2013] FCA 1311 The Federal Court recently ordered a contractor accountant to pay $476,000 in damages for sexual harassment. The contractor was employed by Robert Walters Pty Ltd and placed at Living & Leisure Australia Ltd (LLA) to assist with accountancy duties. Whils......
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Sexual harassment in the workplace isn't limited to the employer's premises
...in sexual harassment cases could also lead to greater scrutiny of employees' and contractors' offsite activities (Ewin v Vergara (No. 3) [2013] FCA 1311). Mr Vergara sexually harasses Ms Jemma Ewin and Claudio Vergara were accountants at Living and Leisure Australia Limited (LLA). She was e......
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Sexual harassment in the workplace: courts increasingly prepared to award significant damages
...Federal Court interprets "workplace" broadly In another recent decision of the Federal Court in the case of Ewin v Vergara (No. 3) [2013] FCA 1311, an employee was awarded $476,163 for sexual harassment by a fellow employee, making it one of the largest court-ordered sexual harassment The c......
2 books & journal articles
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WORKPLACE HARASSMENT
...185. 40 Helen Green v DB Group Services (UK) Ltd [2006] IRLR 764. 41 See, eg, the recent Australian case of Jemma Ewin v Claudio Vergara[2013] FCA 1311. 42 [2014] FCAFC 82. 43 1986 (Cth). 44 [2008] FCAFC 69 at [94]. 45 (2001) 206 CLR 459. 46 Henville v Walker (2001) 206 CLR 459 at [163]. 47......
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FRUIT PICKING IN FEAR: AN EXAMINATION OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT ON AUSTRALIAN FARMS.
...1991 (ACT) s 58; Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW) s 22A; Equal Opportunity Act 2010 (Vic) s 92. (11) See, eg, Ewin v Vergara [No 3] (2013) 307 ALR 576, 579 [4], 582 [23], [25] (Bromberg (12) See, eg, Lee v Smith [2007] FMCA 59, [8], [198] (Conolly FM). (13) See, eg, Kumari v Bervar Pty Lt......