Software company TechnologyOne and its vocal founder Adrian Di Marco are calling for a retrial of an employment law case that has them on the hook for $5.2 million in damages, claiming the trial judge “ignored ... a very large amount of evidence” and made legal errors “in every one of his reasons”.

Justice Duncan Kerr of the Federal Court last year ordered the growing company to pay former Victorian manager Behnam Roohizadegan the record payout after finding the company breached general protections he was afforded under employment law by dismissing him in 2016 after he complained about being bullied at work.