Andy Sidler

After more than a year on ice, two class actions against age care facilities over COVID-19 outbreaks are set to resume late this year, following a month-long criminal trial that kicks off next week. 

A judge has dismissed a case by Metro Cinemas against a NSW council, finding a lease agreement did not require the council to replace the cinema’s aging seats.

A judge has rejected Roy Hill's bid for a declaration that two of its mining leases could not be impeached as long as they are the subject of a registered mortgage, saying it would preclude any challenges.

A junior Ashurst lawyer's failure to register a drug wholesaler's $51 million security interest over a group of Infinity pharmacies was inadvertent, a judge has found in granting a bid to extend the deadline for registration.

Magnis Energy Technologies has missed the deadline to file its evidence in ASIC proceedings over allegedly misleading disclosures about its lithium ion battery plant, with a court hearing the company's new lawyers have not had a chance to brief counsel. 

The federal government has given Lendlease the final green light for a three-tower residential development on land adjacent to the Queen Victoria Market after almost a decade of planning. 

HESTA Super has complained that the tax office has unfairly stripped it of $11 million in franking credits, denying it did not hold the credits 'at risk' for the required 45-day period. 

The High Court has halved a $40,000 fine received by former Liberal MP Andrew Laming over three Facebook posts that breached electoral rules, finding the penalty should reflect the number of publications rather than the number of views. 

A judge has refused a bid by the Port of Newcastle to make declarations following the dismissal of Glencore Coal's case claiming it was overcharged $874,000 in wharfage fees, saying her judgment was clear on its face. 

Environmental activists seeking to block Tamboran’s gas exploration project in the Northern Territory have criticised the natural gas company's water contamination risk assessment, telling a court it was based on a “gut feeling”.