New South Wales

A judge has found two major Sydney residential developments that are part of the estate of the late Lady Mary Fairfax cannot dodge surcharge land tax.

The owners corporation of an apartment complex in Sydney’s north shore can bring claims against a council over several million dollars in alleged defects, despite a four-year delay. 

The Port of Newcastle has lost its bid to move a lawsuit filed by Glencore Coal over $870,000 in alleged overcharged shipping fees to the Federal Court. 

Mayfield Development is barred from bringing claims already traversed in a competition case by the ACCC that was thrown out by a court, NSW Ports has told an appeals court.

Dymocks Book Arcade wants to join a project's superintendent to a $4.5 million lawsuit over a defective roof at a property on the NSW North Coast.

A judge has rejected a misleading conduct claim against a builder who professed his “passion” for building high-end homes to a client, but put the builder on the hook for over $1 million in damages for rectification works.

A judge has slammed lawyers for filing “staggering” volumes of documents in an interlocutory skirmish and racking up huge costs, warning the court may need to take "decisive action" to ensure compliance with the Civil Procedure Act.

Energy tender firm AEMO has awarded ACEN Australia a contract for its pumped hydro project in the latest competitive tender round as part of the NSW electricity infrastructure roadmap.

The Albanese government has granted a feasibility licence to a partnership between Equinor and Oceanex Energy to explore offshore in northern NSW for a planned wind farm project.

A unit of Singapore developer Stamford Land Corporation has sued Parkview Constructions over alleged defects in a 700-apartment development in Sydney’s Macquarie Park.