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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.

Law students at the University of Sydney and University of Technology Sydney will soon be able to use Harvey’s artificial intelligence tools, and an expert predicted the schools will be vigilant in guarding against the "slide into automating legal education".

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. 

Former Carlton Football Club president and ex-chief executive of PricewaterhouseCoopers, Luke Sayers, has been sued by his estranged wife for defamation over a lewd social media post that eventually led to his resignation from the football club.

The competition regulator will take a deeper look at Ampol’s acquisition of EG Australia, with the deal the first to be referred for a phase two review under the new compulsory merger regime.

A creditor of developer The Gosford has filed an appeal in a dispute over a $185 million property in Sydney, after a judge found that $48 million owed by builder Shinetec to its parent company after the developer called on a letter of credit fell within the definition of ‘secured money’.

NSW's solicitor wellbeing service, SoWell, will now offer couples counselling, with the NSW Law Society acknowledging how the mental health challenges affecting legal professional can impact personal relationships.  

A residential land lease village on the mid-North coast of NSW has sold to Hampshire Property Group for $24.5 million. 

More than 38,000 retail investors have received nearly $40 million in refunds after an ASIC investigation found “widespread weaknesses” in how issuers of contracts for difference products comply with their obligations. 

Fletcher Building has agreed to sell its construction division to VINCI Construction for $315.6 million, after it restructured following a net loss of $116 million in its 2025 half year report.