New South Wales

A judge has dismissed a case by Metro Cinemas against a NSW council, finding a lease agreement did not require the council to replace the cinema’s aging seats.

Builder Richard Crookes has won its costs after mediation was aborted in a case by the owners corporation for a building in Sydney’s Erskineville over aluminium composite panel cladding installed nine years ago. 

EY may seek damages against rival consulting firm Alvarez & Marsal after it won preliminary discovery to pursue possible claims over a mass departure of partners and staff from its international tax practice. 

A judge has refused a bid by the Port of Newcastle to make declarations following the dismissal of Glencore Coal's case claiming it was overcharged $874,000 in wharfage fees, saying her judgment was clear on its face. 

The Port Authority of NSW has won its claim for public interest immunity over six cabinet documents in a suit by a defunct sand importer over a lease agreement for a mulit-user facility at Glebe Island, with a judge finding they had little forensic value.

Developer Deicorp and Metrics Credit Partners are teaming up on a $1.8 billion apartment project in Five Dock in Sydney’s Inner West.

Gateway Capital has acquired a warehouse in Sydney's Eastern Creek from private equity firm Blackstone for $75 million as part its plan to build a $800 million industrial and logistics portfolio.

On the first day of trial, a court has heard a class action over alleged negligent management of water flowing through the Murray Darling system is a “world away” from a climate change class action that recently failed at trial. 

Law firm HWL Ebsworth, which was found liable for negligence over advice on a Parramatta land development, has lost its opposition to a referee process for calculating damages.

Parkview Constructions is looking to settle a second case over alleged combustible cladding at Australia Towers in Sydney Olympic Park.