The Australian legal community has condemned a terror attack at a Bondi Beach Hanukkah celebration on Sunday, where 16 people were killed, and extended counseling services to its members.
A barrister who is suing solicitor Rebekah Giles over fees for work on a defamation case against Nine has been partially successful in her bid to strike out sections of Giles’ defence.
A Sydney developer has successfully challenged a decision which rejected its plans to demolish a 32-room boarding house for the construction of four luxury residences in Paddington, with a judge calling the decision “personal and idiosyncratic”.
Northwest Rail Link builders CPB Contractors and John Holland are pushing back against a bid by several insurers to join joint venture partners MTR and UGL to a coverage spat over a $100 million policy.
The NSW Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal launched by a Canberra warehouse owner, which sought over $5.3 million from the previous owner for the cost of replacing a concrete slab.
A leading public law barrister who represented an activist in his successful challenge to NSW’s anti-protest laws has been appointed as a judge on the Federal Court.
The NSW Supreme Court judge who found former rugby league player and teacher Chris Dawson guilty of murdering his wife has retired from the bench.
Seasoned silk Gregory Sirtes SC has been appointed as a judge on the New South Wales Supreme Court after earning his stripes in complex construction litigation.
A court has granted an application for a development that will demolish part of a former Commonwealth Bank building in Sydney’s inner west to construct a co-living building.
Advised by Johnson Winter Slattery, Morrison-managed investment fund Utilities Trust of Australia has bought out a Canadian pension fund for full ownership of the Sydney Desalination Plant.