A court has upheld a three-year time limit attached to a council’s development consent for a local distribution centre at a proposed industrial precinct in Tamworth, NSW.
Tesla can’t escape a case by a motorist over his car’s self-driving capabilities, despite overlap with a class action, with a tribunal saying there was no abuse of process while the driver could not opt out of the group proceeding.
A United Nations special rapporteur is seeking court approval to intervene in a lawsuit by First Nations and pro-Palestine activists challenging laws passed in the wake of the Bondi massacre that bar protests after a terrorist incident.
The NSW Land and Environment Court has thrown out an objection to a 100mw solar farm slated to be built in Wallaroo on the NSW and ACT border, finding solar farms are not inconsistent with rural character.
NSW Supreme Court Chief Justice Andrew Bell has been awarded a Companion of the Order of Australia for his “enormous contributions” to the state and for fostering an “open relationship” between the court and legal professionals.
A court has agreed to hear the Parramatta Eels’ case against former player Zac Lomax on an expedited basis, as the club seeks to enforce a contractual term keeping him off the list of rival teams after an unsuccessful mediation with the Melbourne Storm.
A judge has allowed a novel negligence claim in a class action over the NSW Liberal Party’s failure to lodge paperwork for local candidates, saying a High Court ruling that rejected a duty of care to protect against economic loss did not doom the claim.
An adjudicator’s decision in favour of A1 Home Builders for work done on a residential property has been declared void after a court found that a crucial notice had been sent to a misspelled email address.
A Sydney developer has filed proceedings against the environment minister after a delegate found its proposal to build two towers in Parramatta would have “clearly unacceptable” impacts on views from Australia’s oldest public building.
A Hong Kong company has won its bid to claw back funds from the family of a deceased debtor who transferred a Sydney property to his wife as part of a purported separation agreement, with a court finding the transaction was intended to defraud creditors.