High-profile workplace lawyer Michael Harmer has been ordered to pay the costs of a failed appeal after a court ruled that it had been “instituted without reasonable cause”.
The Full Federal Court said on Tuesday that when acting for former Jetstar pilot Rajesh Sabapathy, Mr Harmer had not complied with the overarching obligation of lawyers under the Federal Court Act to conduct litigation as “quickly, inexpensively and efficiently as possible”.
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Michael Pelly is the legal editor, based in our Sydney newsroom. He has been a senior adviser to federal and state attorneys-general and written two books, one a biography of former High Court Chief Justice Murray Gleeson. Email Michael at michael.pelly@afr.com
