Justice Kristina Stern

Tossing a case by Tahmoor Coal's liquidators over a royalty deed that gave Glencore payments in perpetuity and impacted the company's sale price, an appeals court has found the deed was not unprofitable just because creditors might get a better return without it.

The liquidators of GFG Alliance's Tahmoor Coal have lost their appeal of a decision over a royalties deed in favour of former owner Glencore.

An appeals court has held that former INXS manager Maria-Christina Copinger-Symes, whose father was part of a wealthy shipping dynasty, cannot withdraw concessions made by her senior counsel in her claim over her father’s estate. 

An appeals court has rejected a landowner's bid to remove a section of the Grand Pacific Walk north of Wollongong because the popular walkway deprived it of car access to its coastal property, ruling the walkway did not infringe its right of access.

An appeals court has overturned a finding that Racing NSW was not entitled to appoint administrators to the owners of Sydney’s Randwick Racecourse.

Coal producer Glencore has lost the latest round in a long-running dispute with Port of Newcastle over access charges.

Glencore has failed on appeal in a case against Port of Newcastle, with an appeals court finding the coal company could not rely on submissions in litigation leading up to a final determination of the port's access charges.

A former client of a Sydney law firm has lost his bid to up a $300,000 damages award against the firm over a defective notice in a proposed $7.8 million land sale.

A NSW appeals court has found objectors have no right to weigh in on development applications once they reach conciliation in the Land and Environment Court, and that judges don't have to consider all material before the court. 

A Sydney lawyer has successfully defended a case alleging he should have advised an X-ray business and its director that their defences in proceedings against medical device maker Philips were hopeless.