New South Wales

An RSL club can raise a set-off defence against a subcontractor’s claim under the Contractor’s Debt Act, after a judge rejected the subcontractor’s argument that the defence was barred by a provision of the SOPA.

A Sydney silk has been reprimanded and fined $10,000 after he was found to have engaged in “unwanted touching” of a female solicitor at a work Christmas function in 2023. 

Under proposed reforms to NSW tenancy laws, businesses that publish misleading photographs of rental penalties will face penalties of up to $22,000 and face new requirements for securing renters' personal data.

Centuria Capital Group has divested an office block in Sydney’s southern suburbs for $116 million after holding it for nine years.

The University of Newcastle has been hit with a class action alleging students were misled into studying an engineering degree that lacked professional accreditation and left them unable to apply for employment.

The judge hearing a harassment suit by an in-house counsel at Dovetail has urged the software firm to "pull off the band-aid" and share text message evidence between the lawyer and company CEO Benjamin Humphrey.

The NSW Land and Environment Court has approved a plan to demolish an apartment building in the harbour-side Sydney suburb of Rushcutters Bay to make way for luxury apartments.

A NSW Supreme Court judge has found the Barristers Benevolent Association of NSW can use its funds to support mental health care for legal practitioners.

Danish renewables company European Energy has closed a $130 million financing package for two solar projects in Victoria and NSW.

EnergyAustralia has entered into a joint venture with EDF Power Solutions Australia to develop the Lake Lyell pumped hydro energy storage project in Lithgow, NSW.