New South Wales

A Singapore developer has failed in an application for a 13-storey hotel and residential redevelopment of the heritage-listed GIO building in Sydney's Haymarket.

NSW's highest judge has championed emotional intelligence over artificial intelligence in the legal profession, while warning of a growing "digital divide" between publicly available AI and bespoke models.

A judge has shot down Sydney Water's bid for discovery from a Frasers Property-Altis Real Estate joint venture, in a dispute over $48 million in infrastructure contribution charges for a $1 billion industrial development in Western Sydney.

An environmental group that plans to appeal its failed challenge to a Brunswick Heads development has launched a bid to stop slashing works at the site.

Macpherson Kelley has hired an experienced property lawyer as a principal in its Sydney property team.

The developer behind a Shellharbour mixed-use development has defeated a suit seeking to make him personally repay a company debt, in a dispute a judge called a “cautionary tale” about side deals.

Funds manager 360 Capital is moving quickly to take control of its investments affected by the $3.4 billion collapse of construction firm Bathla. 

A judge has signed off on a partial settlement in a class action brought by the owners of lots in an allegedly shoddy townhouse development in Sydney.

Hilton has lost its challenge to a $173 million tax adjustment from the 2015 sale of the Sydney Hilton Hotel, with a judge finding the transaction was entered into for the dominant purpose of obtaining a tax benefit. 

Sand importer Metro Environmental Logistics has foreshadowed an appeal after losing its case against the Port Authority of NSW over a lease agreement for a multi-user facility in Sydney Harbour.