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High Court to hear case to revive Sydney light rail class action
High Court 2025-02-07 11:37 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court has agreed to weigh in on when uncommon use of land amounts to a nuisance in a class action by small business owners over Sydney’s light rail construction.

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Seven hit with $200k defamation judgment over coverage of NRL match
Defamation 2025-02-07 4:19 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Seven Network and Chanel 7 have been hit with a $200,000 defamation judgment for implying three men involved an incident during a 2020 NRL match were racist.

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Top judge says court should have no sympathy for lawyers flouting AI note
Business of Law 2025-02-06 11:28 pm By Christine Caulfield

Practitioners who ignore a new practice note on the use of AI programs should not expect the court’s sympathy, the top judge in NSW has warned as the guidance comes into operation this week.

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Law firm found negligent in Victoria hotel transaction, owes $1.2M damages
Construction 2025-02-10 11:05 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A Sydney law firm and its principal have been ordered to pay over $1.2 million to a former client after the solicitor was found to have failed to give proper advice about a hotel purchase.

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Insurer AAI can’t escape combustible cladding class action
Appeals 2025-02-05 3:00 pm By Cindy Cameronne

AAI has lost its bid to appeal an order joining it to a class action over alleged combustible cladding installed at two high-rise towers in Liverpool, NSW.Ā 

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NSW builder Clarke Homes collapses after ā€˜escalating costsā€™ of material, labour
Construction 2025-02-07 1:31 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Citing rising costs of materials and labour, NSW Central Coast builder Clarke Homes has entered voluntary administration, with several building projects incomplete.

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Child removal class action gets more time to clarify claims
Class Actions 2025-02-05 3:10 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A child removal class action against the state of New South Wales has been given more time to clarify its pleadings after a judge raised concerns that parts of the “important case” were unclear.

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Tech start-up Dovetail seeks to suppress ‘scandalous’ lawsuit
Employment 2025-02-04 3:24 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Lawyers for tech start-up Dovetail want the Federal Court to suppress the details of a “scandalous” lawsuit brought against the company and its CEO by an in-house lawyer.

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NSW Supreme Court relaxes blanket ban on AI
AI 2025-02-03 11:20 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The NSW Supreme Court has relaxed its blanket ban on the use of AI in proceedings, clarifying its new rules don’t apply to discovery or the generation of certain materials by closed model AI systems.

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Associate of Graaf Group founder canā€™t block sale of $22M Potts Point property
Real Estate 2025-02-04 11:44 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has rejected an ā€œambitious and novelā€ freezing order sought by a creditor and former associate of bankrupt Graaf Group founder Gennaro Autore over a $22 million boutique hotel in Potts Point.

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