Barristers

In a landmark decision, the Forestry Corporation of NSW has been ordered to pay $450,000 to the Yurrungga Aboriginal Corporation after pleading guilty of cutting down nine culturally and environmentally significant trees in the Wild Cattle Creek State Forest in the state's mid-north coast.

A director of collapsed builder Shangri-La Construction who was found personally liable for $3.2 million in rectification costs for combustible cladding in a Melbourne apartment complex has failed to pass on his costs to his insurers. 

A judge has encouraged singer Guy Sebastian to resolve his long-running case against his former manager Titus Day, saying the parties should “move on in life”.

A court has excused the developer of a warehouse in greater western Sydney from paying a $1.38 million rent guarantee to CapitaLand Ascendas' REIT trustee Perpetual, finding it met its obligation to procure a tenant.

The wife of a Dubai investor who is accused of failing to repay a $10.7 million debt over a "highly unusual" airport investment proposal has been hit with a third-party freezing order, after the court heard that she received $1.2 million from her husband's business.

Meal delivery companies Hello Fresh and Youfoodz say the consumer regulator needs to provide more details in its cases alleging customers were charged a fee after cancelling subscriptions.

An appeals court has rejected a challenge to a permanent stay in a misleading and deceptive conduct case against engineering firm Everllence over alleged defective connective rods in engines supplied for a fast ferry registered in Denmark.

An appeals court ruling has confirmed that non-contracting owners must prove their own loss to claim defect damages under warranties in the Domestic Building Contracts Act. 

A barrister for a group of banks defending a lawsuit launched by satellite company NewSat has questioned the credentials of the defunct firm's solicitor, who has challenged the lenders' $8.9 million security for costs bid.

Super fund HUB24, which rejected the now collapsed First Guardian fund as an investment for members, can protect its due diligence process from getting into the hands of rival Diversa, whose members weren't so lucky.