New South Wales

The ACCC has approved Peter Warren Automotive's acquisition of Wakeling Automotive Group’s new car dealerships after it agreed to divest eight sites amid the regulator's concerns about competition in Sydney's Macarthur region.

Former KPMG chief operating officer Eileen Hoggett has launched legal proceedings against her former employer, following her expulsion from the firm over a whistleblower's allegations of client data leaks.

A newly appointed judge, praised as "hugely intelligent" and a "quiet assassin" on cross-examination, has welcomed the legal profession’s growing focus on mental health and called for greater diversity at the Bar.

A class action against Mulpha over a 683-lot development in Glenmore Park will discontinue stigmatisation claims, with property damage claims still remaining, a court has heard. 

Richard Crookes Constructions has failed to permanently stay SafeWork NSW proceedings filed after a section of a formwork deck collapsed at a Sydney worksite for a student accommodation in 2023.

Bathla's administrators have yet to reach a deal with the embattled developer's lenders on short-term funding, but money has been found to make partial payments to employees.

A judge has dismissed a class action on behalf of irrigators in NSW and Victoria, alleging negligent management of water flowing through the Murray Darling system

Singapore-based Hoi Hup Realty has marked its foray into the Australian property market with the $201.8 million purchase of Four Points by Sheraton in Chippendale, Sydney.

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.