Super Retail Group which owns big retailers such as Rebel Sport and Supercheap Auto, along with some of its key executives including Anthony Heraghty and chairman Sally Pitkin, have been taken to a federal court in Australia by the group’s former chief legal officer Rebecca Farrell.

Harmers Workplace Lawyers which is representing Farrell claims that she was the whistleblower who exposed “serious corporate governance issues within the company.”

Now, further details of the case are emerging. In an application filed on July 29, Farrell claims the breaches and contraventions, which are described as “serious” in the court documents, have threatened her ability to work in the future as a solicitor, damaged her professional reputation and have left her exposed to regulatory investigation and possible enforcement action, according to The Australian.

The former Super Retail chief legal officer is believed to be seeking damages, penalties, compensation and exemplary damages, as well as an apology from Heraghty, Pitkin, director Annabelle Chaplain and the company.

Farrell is seeking unspecified damages for what the court documents describe as “detrimental conduct” in relation to protected disclosures the former chief legal officer made.

Farrell allegedly reached a settlement with Super Retail Group as she exited the group in May, but several details of that now disputed settlement in the court documents are blacked out due to a suppression order issued by Federal Court Justice John Halley earlier this week.

Farrell claims that the terms have not been honoured. Lawyers for Farrell argued in court that the deal had been “repudiated” by Super Retail.

The court documents reportedly claim that Super Retail, its CEO, chairman, one board member and Kevin Figueiredo, its head of people and safety, contravened parts of the Fair Work Act.

Farrell’s termination at Super Retail came as she claims to be a whistleblower over a string of inappropriate workplace behaviours at the company, including an alleged affair between CEO Heraghty and its former head of HR, Jane Kelly. Super Retail has previously denied these allegations.

A statement on Tuesday from Harmers said Farrell would also pursue claims around a conflict of interest by CEO Heraghty for failing to disclose that secret relationship he was having with Kelly.

Harmers is representing several of the company’s former executives too who are making allegations against Super Retail about excessive workloads, poor record keeping and misuse of travel budgets.

Super Retail had revealed earlier that it expected claim loss and damage to be filed against it in the range of A$30 million to A$50 million over the alleged non-disclosure of the relationship and its internal corporate practices.