Barristers

The former president of the Federation of International Polo, who successfully defeated a defamation suit by a prominent polo benefactor, has failed to recover $1.2 million in legal fees paid to a US law firm.

Dexus has halved the number of documents it claims are shielded by legal privilege from production to fellow owners of airport operator APAC ahead of trial over an alleged breach of a shareholder deed, a court heard Monday.

A judge has tossed a challenge by the Palestine Action Group to the NSW government's decision to declare the visit of Israeli President Isaac Herzog a 'major event' triggering new protest rules enacted in the wake of the Bondi massacre. 

The High Court has declined to grant special leave to a prefab home builder that was hit with $500,000 in damages for engaging in misleading and deceptive conduct by convincing a couple to vary their contract to allow the use of cladding they had previously rejected.

A silk representing the Parramatta Eels has told a court that a lawyer for rugby player Zac Lomax told the club three National Rugby League clubs were interested in adding him to their 2026 lineup.

Macquarie is fighting a bid to amend a class action over an alleged misleading prospectus for Nuix’s $1.8 billion IPO only months out from trial, calling the changes “unclear and unfair”. 

A court has rejected a developer’s plans for a Sydney housing development, finding its cramped townhouses would provide little amenity to future residents and encroach upon an endangered environment site.

Star Entertainment has come up short in its $4 million case against Buildcorp Group over alleged defective construction and refurbishment work on the gambling giant's Sydney casino.

Aristocrat has fended off the Commissioner of Patents' challenge to a finding that its Lightning Link poker machine is capable of being patented, with the High Court declining to weigh in on the patent for a second time. 

Actress Rebel Wilson has fired lawyers who were representing her in NSW Supreme Court and Federal Court defamation proceedings linked to her film 'The Deb'.