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The NSW Supreme Court has relaxed its blanket ban on the use of AI in proceedings, clarifying its new rules don't apply to discovery or the generation of certain materials by closed model AI systems.

A state parliament inquiry is underway into the supply of homes in regional Victoria amid a critical housing shortage.

SkyCity has agreed to settle its dispute with the Treasurer of South Australia over the treatment of electronic gaming credits after losing its High Court challenge in October. 

The competition regulator is seeking views on whether IAG's bid to acquire a 90 per cent stake in RACQ's insurance underwriting business for $855 million could saddle consumers with higher prices.

A judge has rejected an “ambitious and novel” freezing order sought by a creditor and former associate of bankrupt Graaf Group founder Gennaro Autore over a $22 million boutique hotel in Potts Point.

A judge has rejected a new pleading that would have upped the damages to $135 million in a case by a shareholder of failed energy company Armour Group alleging law firm Baker McKenzie was knowingly involved in a plan to take control of the company for cheap.

Disgraced barrister Norman O'Bryan will seek to grill two witnesses for the prosecution in a criminal case accusing the former silk of attempting to fraudulently obtain $1.3 million in fees.

A judge hearing a discovery spat in a suit by Rio Tinto unit Energy Resources has slashed two affidavits from the company's lawyers, calling them "little more than dogmatic statements".

Dentons has welcomed a partner from Baker McKenzie to join its infrastructure, major projects, and energy team in the firm's Melbourne office.

Western Australia's Public Transport Authority has lost its bid to summarily dismiss a developer's suit for damages over a $2 million compulsory land acquisition.