We are pleased to announce the pro­mo­tion of Kat­ri­na Seck to the role of Spe­cial Coun­sel in our Employ­ment & WHS team and Car­ly Lennan to the role of Senior Asso­ciate in our Prop­er­ty, Plan­ning and Projects team, effec­tive 1 July 2022

Kat­ri­na has been with the firm since Jan­u­ary 2021, spe­cial­is­ing in Employ­ment and Work Health & Safe­ty law along­side part­ner Michael Byrnes. While Car­ly has been with the firm since May 2017, spe­cial­is­ing in com­plex prop­er­ty and leas­ing work with­in the Prop­er­ty, Plan­ning and Projects team along­side part­ner Mary Digiglio. 

Both pro­mo­tions recog­nis­e Katri­na’s and Car­ly’s excel­lent legal skills cou­pled with their desire to pro­vide excep­tion­al client ser­vice. As valu­able parts to our Employ­ment & WHS team and Project, Plan­ning & Projects team, we look for­ward to con­tin­u­ing to recog­nis­e them as they devel­op and grow as senior practitioners.

Con­grat­u­la­tions Kat­ri­na and Carly.

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Publications

Arti­fi­cial Intel­li­gence Fol­ly Called Out by Fair Work Commission

In the recent Fair Work Com­mis­sion deci­sion Mr Bran­den Dey­sel v Elec­tra Lift Co.[2025] FWC 2289, Deputy Pres­i­dent Slevin applied a crit­i­cal…

Assess­ing Scope 3 Emis­sions: An analy­sis of the impli­ca­tions of Den­man Aberdeen Muswell­brook Scone Healthy Envi­ron­ment Group Inc v MACH Ener­gy Aus­tralia Pty Ltd [2025] NSW­CA 163 (the Mount Pleas­ant decision)

Intro­duc­tionOn July 24, 2025, the New South Wales Court of Appeal (NSW­CA) deliv­ered a land­mark rul­ing in Den­man Aberdeen Muswell­brook Scone…

Work­place Rela­tion­ships: The Legal Posi­tion (Cold­play Con­cert Edition)

The recent sto­ry of col­leagues (a Chief Exec­u­tive Offi­cer and Chief Peo­ple Offi­cer (CPO)) whose appar­ent rela­tion­ship was cap­tured on…

In the News

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, Fair Work warns lit­i­gants against using Chat­G­PT”, pub­lished in The Aus­tralian on 28 August 2025:

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Fair Work warns lit­i­gants against using Chat­G­PT”, pub­lished in The Aus­tralian on 2…

Con­grat­u­la­tions | Angela Har­vey & John Trinh for being recog­nised in 2025 Doyles Guide Rankings

We’re proud to announce that Angela Har­vey has been recog­nised in the 2025 Doyles Guide as a:Rec­om­mend­ed Lead­ing Estates Lit­i­ga­tion Lawyer…

Michael Byrnes appeared on Nights with John Stan­ley on 2GB and 4BC on 25 August 2025 to dis­cuss the legal aspects of work­place surveillance

Michael Byrnes appeared on Nights with John Stan­ley on 2GB and 4BC on 25 August 2025 to dis­cuss the legal…

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