New South Wales

Private equity firm Potentia Capital has accused the founder of software company Soprano Design of shareholder oppression, claiming he prevented Soprano's former CEO from performing his role, leading to his resignation four months into the job.

Former NSW One Nation leader Mark Latham has avoided a referral for contempt after he griped on social media in response to a tribunal decision in favour of Sydney MP Alex Greenwich.

The corporate cop is challenging a decision that tossed its breach of duty claims against three Regional Express board members over the company's continuous disclosure failures.

A Western Sydney landowner has secured a partial win in its challenge to the valuation of land compulsorily acquired for the M12 Motorway.

An appeals court has rejected a Sydney solicitor’s challenge to a finding that he engaged in unsatisfactory professional conduct after he inaccurately recounted a judge’s comments in a letter to a costs assessor.

EY has claimed a provision of the tax law prevents it from handing over the client file of a property developer who alleges a former partner breached fiduciary duties, but the developer says there is no reason to withhold the documents.

A Sydney silk who recently represented singer Guy Sebastian and the liquidators of the Tahmoor coal mine has been tapped to join the NSW Supreme Court.

The Tamworth local council has lost its bid to inspect advice given by Baker McKenzie to the owner of the Hills of Gold wind farm in regional NSW as they fight over costs in a development consent dispute.

A senior judge has urged lawyers and judges to “be in the vanguard” of adopting generative artificial intelligence or risk becoming irrelevant, saying machine-made judicial decisions are inevitable.

The plaintiff in a class action on behalf of Sydney homeowners who allege their homes are sinking into the ground has flagged a potential fight over the funder’s cut and legal fees to be deducted from an $18 million settlement.