New South Wales

A pro-Israel activist has been hit with indemnity costs after a judge found a settlement deed with Newtown, Sydney restaurant Cairo Takeaway had been breached when his solicitor leaked details of the agreement to journalists.

A Newcastle residential development had lost its bid to pay around $6 million in damages in monthly installments, with a judge saying there was no evidence paying the amount would put the group in a bad financial situation.

Bathroom products giant Reece has lost its challenge to a decision that found its lease of a western Sydney warehouse remained on foot after it made an invalid attempt to terminate the ten-year deal.

The state of NSW has dodged a bid to strike out its defence in a class action accusing it of unfair prosecution of south coast Indigenous groups for engaging in cultural fishing practices.

A judge has rejected the NSW government's challenge to subpoena over notices and fire control orders concerning allegedly combustible aluminium composite cladding in a case brought by the owners at the Australia Towers in Sydney Olympic Park. 

Logistics giant Qube has told a court it is entitled to enforce $26 million in arbitration awards against Martinus Rail ahead of a larger dispute over Sydney's $4 billion Moorebank Intermodal Terminal and no right of appeal exists for its foe.

Property developer Bathla has entered voluntary administration, citing a reduction in sales, high construction costs and falling confidence in key markets.

A judge has refused summary judgment in a $694 million suit by a company controlled by Chinese state-owned developer Beijing Capital Land against the director of developer Arden Group alleging it defaulted on loans linked to residential developments in Sydney and Brisbane. 

A judge has given the liquidators of Tahmoor Coal the green light to expand their case against Sanjeev Gupta's Clydesdale Engineering Limited to allege that an additional loan document and more than $28 million in payments were part of an alleged voidable transaction.

A judge has pushed off the hearing of an urgent application filed overnight against the NSW government to halt a brumby cull at the Yuraygir National Park, after the state did not appear at a 1 am hearing.