Workplace bullying highlights modern day stresses
Tuesday 4 June 2013 @ 11.46 a.m. | Industrial Law
A bullying case against Maurice Blackburn has exposed the stresses faced by two lawyers trying to balance work and young families, reports an article in lawyersweekly.com.au.
A Victorian Supreme Court judgment on Wednesday (22 May) rejected an appeal by the former head of Maurice Blackburn’s family law team, who had claimed she was systematically bullied, and that the then managing partner did nothing about it.
Fiona Brown filed for $2.8 million in damages after claiming she suffered psychiatric injury and had been unable to work since November 2003; that claim was rejected by the County Court and the rejection was upheld by Wednesday’s appeal.
Maurice Blackburn CEO Greg Tucker said in a statement that the firm has no comment on the case itself.
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