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An appeals court has set aside a decision to refer the NSW Local Court Deputy Chief Judge to the conduct division of the state judicial commission, after the local court's top judge communicated with a panel member via WhatsApp about the matter.

The owners corporation of Sydney's Sugarcube Apartments has lost a bid to set aside a $25.8 million security granted by developer Golden Rain to the trustee for a group of lenders, with a court finding no intent to defraud had been established.

A subcontractor has been ordered to repay $1.59 million after a judge found it had been paid for incomplete works on three Sydney Metro stations.

The Victorian Bar has welcomed 15 new senior counsel, including barristers who worked on the Black Saturday bushfire class actions, COVID-19 business interruption cases and junior doctors underpayments class actions.

A judge has rejected insurer AAI's bid to have a labour hire company and a mining contractor represented by separate legal teams in a worker’s negligence suit related to silica exposure.

The owner of an IGA store in Kalgoorlie has told a tribunal that Coles’ proposed acquisition of a nearby site will push it out of the market, leaving consumers worse off. 

Sacked boss of ISGroup Roy Mellon has largely defeated a bid to strike out his reply to the surveying company's defence, with a judge saying he was entitled to dispute the reasons given for his dismissal.

Defamation boutique Giles George has won a bid to be joined as a defendant in a case involving its former client, Sydney barrister Gina Edwards, after arguing it was barred from filing documents as a non-party.

Sydney has the legal talent, a speedy court and the necessary arbitration facilities to become an international legal hub, but needs government backing and a stronger pitch to the world, according to a new report.

Development Victoria has sued Lendlease over allegedly defective wharf structures at Melbourne’s Victoria Harbour Promenade, claiming worm infestation and deteriorating piles left parts of the waterfront unsafe and unfit for public use.