Michael Hodge KC (leading Ms M Aguinaldo) appeared for the appellant, instructed by Gillis Delaney Lawyers.
This case is an appeal from the decision of the primary judge in Reiche v Neometals Ltd (No 2) (2025) 338 IR 312. By way of background, the appellant made certain disclosures which he alleged were the reason for the termination of his employment by the respondent. At first instance, the appellant argued that this amounted to reprisal for whistleblowing prohibited under pt 9.4AAA of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (‘the Act’), entitling him to various forms of relief under s 1317AE of the Act. In this case, the appellant appealed the decision of the primary judge to dismiss his application for compensation and other remedies under s 1317AE of the Act. The appeal was dismissed after consideration of the appellant’s 15 grounds of appeal, which were categorised as complaints that the primary judge either misunderstood the nature of the task that the statute required that he undertake or erred in failing to make various findings of fact.
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