A prominent silk renowned for his “intellectual precision” and “impeccable taste” has been sworn in as the newest judge of the NSW Supreme Court.
Veteran of the NSW bar Edward Muston SC has been sworn in as the newest judge of the state’s Supreme Court, but before he was prosecuting high stakes environmental law cases, his plan was to be a jackaroo.
A builder has lost an appeal arguing that a RW Capital unit was bound by an alleged contract to develop land in northern Sydney, said to be worth $25.75 million, after the trial judge found the claim was “doomed to fail”.
A former authorised representative of Resilium Insurance Broking has failed to persuade an appeals court that the intermediary network breached a contract by providing its client data to a new representative.
Two minority shareholders in Argentina’s state-controlled oil company have won a dispute over service in their case seeking to enforce a $24.3 billion judgment awarded in a US court.
Another judge has railed against the use of generative AI in court proceedings, after a self-represented litigant filed an application to annul his bankruptcy that was replete with fake citations.
A recent property dispute involving a self-represented litigant who relied on AI-generated submissions, including at least one ‘hallucinated’ case, has prompted questions about the need for more active case management of the use of AI by unrepresented parties to prevent wasting court time.
An appeals court has rejected a bid by NSW MP and convicted rapist Gareth Ward to block state parliament from expelling him until any appeals against his conviction are determined.
Nicholas Bolton has lost his challenge to Keybridge Capital’s move to remove him from the board of confectionary group Yowie, after he was found to have been validly removed as the CEO of Keybridge in March.
A Sydney lawyer who sent profanity-laden emails to a Mills Oakley partner during a dispute with the Salvation Army and his mother-in-law over payment of a refundable deposit has been struck off the roll.