The NSW Supreme Court is fiercely proud of its reputation for handling big commercial cases. But cracks may be appearing in that edifice. First, the brutally efficient head of the court’s business division, Justice David “the Hammer” Hammerschlag, is due to retire any moment now.And now Justice Ashley Black, an eminence grise of company law and until recently the lynch pin of the court’s all-important “corporations list”, has started to stray into unconventional terrain.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles