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Sydney silk found dead after being hit with child abuse material charges
Crime 2026-02-10 3:23 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Criminal barrister Mark Dennis SC has been found dead at his inner-west Sydney home just weeks after being charged with possessing, importing and transmitting child abuse material.

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Judo Bank loses bid for injunction against ‘injurious’ billboards
Financial Services 2026-02-10 11:56 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Judo Bank has failed to secure an injunction against a disgruntled customer who launched a billboard campaign against it amid a dispute about a loan for a $65 million property.

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Developer of Sydney’s Honeycomb Terraces barred from selling apartments
Real Estate 2026-02-10 11:29 pm By Sam Matthews

A Sydney developer has been slapped with orders preventing it from selling the ‘Honeycomb Terraces’ in order to preserve the funds available to the owners corporation, which is seeking damages over defects at the allegedly contaminated site.

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Builder’s pursuit of second SOPA adjudication an abuse of process: appeals court
Appeals 2026-02-10 11:32 pm By Christine Caulfield

An adjudicator’s finding that it had no jurisdiction to rule on a payment claim in a dispute over a Sydney development was a binding determination under SOPA, an appeals court has said in upholding a decision that a builder’s pursuit of a second, favourable adjudication was an abuse of process.

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Court rejects challenge to ‘major event’ declaration ahead of Isaac Herzog visit
Policy and Regulation 2026-02-09 11:12 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A judge has tossed a challenge by the Palestine Action Group to the NSW government’s decision to declare the visit of Israeli President Isaac Herzog a ‘major event’ triggering new protest rules enacted in the wake of the Bondi massacre. 

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Worker axed after boss demanded proof of grandmother’s death wins case
Employment 2026-02-09 11:15 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

The Fair Work Commission has found an indoor obstacle course employee who was sacked after being unable to provide her employer proof of her grandmother’s death was unfairly dismissed.

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Rebel Wilson dumps lawyers in ‘The Deb’ defamation cases
Defamation 2026-02-06 11:30 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Actress Rebel Wilson has fired lawyers who were representing her in NSW Supreme Court and Federal Court defamation proceedings linked to her film ‘The Deb’.

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Sydney barrister sues law firm for $1M in alleged unpaid fees
Business of Law 2026-02-05 11:27 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A Sydney barrister has taken a law firm to court, alleging it owes him $1 million in unpaid fees for his work on almost 40 cases. But the firm argues the fee agreements are void.

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Sydney townhouse project a case of ‘overdevelopment’, court says
Real Estate 2026-02-06 11:48 pm By Sam Matthews

A court has rejected a developer’s plans for a Sydney housing development, finding its cramped townhouses would provide little amenity to future residents and encroach upon an endangered environment site.

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A ‘debt of gratitude’: Son of Holocaust survivor takes his spot on the bench
Courts 2026-02-05 11:17 pm By Andy Sidler

The child of a Holocaust survivor, barrister Gregory Sirtes has been sworn in as a judge on the NSW Supreme Court, saying his appointment was the “tiniest repayment” for the opportunities given to his Hungarian Jewish family as post-war migrants.

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