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Mar 16, 2021

Helen Kow­al to present on 25 March 2021 for Legal­wise | Design and Build­ing Prac­ti­tion­ers Act 2020: New Duties and Penal­ties for Architects

Helen Kow­al shares an out­line of the new duties and penal­ties for archi­tects under the new Design and Build­ing Prac­ti­tion­ers Act 2020. She will be delv­ing fur­ther into this top­ic at the upcom­ing Law for Archi­tects: Cru­cial Issues in Com­pli­ance and Con­tracts sem­i­nar on Thurs­day 25 March. Read out­line here…

Mar 3, 2021

Michael Byrnes quot­ed in HRM Online arti­cle | Free­dom of speech in the work­place: a legal refresher

Michael Byrnes — Part­ner, Employ­ment & Work­place Health and Safe­ty is quot­ed in HRM Online arti­cle, Free­dom of speech in the work­place: a legal refresh­er, pub­lished 2 March 2021Read the full arti­cle here…

Feb 25, 2021

Grad­u­ates Pro­gram 2021 — An inter­view with John Trinh

A key fac­tor in main­tain­ing our dif­fer­en­ti­a­tion is embrac­ing inno­va­tion, diver­si­ty and the fresh per­spec­tives that come to our firm from employ­ing graduates. In the lead up to the Grad­u­ates Pro­gram for 2021 we will be inter­view­ing our past grad­u­ates and ask them to reflect on what their most inter­est­ing and…

Feb 25, 2021

Grad­u­ates Pro­gram 2021 — An inter­view with James Skelton

A key fac­tor in main­tain­ing our dif­fer­en­ti­a­tion is embrac­ing inno­va­tion, diver­si­ty and the fresh per­spec­tives that come to our firm from employ­ing graduates. In the lead up to the Grad­u­ates Pro­gram for 2021 we will be inter­view­ing our past grad­u­ates and ask them to reflect on what their most inter­est­ing and…

Feb 23, 2021

Grad­u­ates Pro­gram 2021 — An inter­view with Esther Khoo

A key fac­tor in main­tain­ing our dif­fer­en­ti­a­tion is embrac­ing inno­va­tion, diver­si­ty and the fresh per­spec­tives that come to our firm from employ­ing graduates. In the lead up to the Grad­u­ates Pro­gram for 2021 we will be inter­view­ing our past grad­u­ates and ask them to reflect on what their most inter­est­ing and…

Feb 23, 2021

Michael Byrnes dis­cuss­es work­place vac­ci­na­tion with Ben Ford­ham On 2GB | 23 Feb­ru­ary 2021

Michael Byrnes dis­cuss­es the legal issues relat­ed to manda­to­ry work­place Covid-19 vac­ci­na­tion with Ben Ford­ham on 2GB on 23 Feb­ru­ary 2021.Click here to lis­ten to the podcast.…

Feb 15, 2021

Michael Byrnes quot­ed in The Aus­tralian | To vax or not: work­ers’ rights in the age of Covid

Michael Byrnes — Part­ner, Employ­ment & Work­place Health and Safe­ty is quot­ed in The Aus­tralian, To vax or not: work­ers’ rights in the age of Covid.Read the full arti­cle here…

Feb 12, 2021

Unpack­ing the ALP’s pro­posed portable leave policy

To read the full arti­cle click here.…

Feb 5, 2021

Press Release | New Senior Appoint­ment for Swaab

Julie Briscoe – Part­ner, Prop­er­ty and Com­mer­cial Law, spe­cialis­es in all aspects of com­mer­cial and retail prop­er­ty law, while also hav­ing exten­sive expe­ri­ence in cor­po­rate and trust struc­tur­ing and finance trans­ac­tions. With over 20 years’ expe­ri­ence Julie joins our ever-grow­ing prop­er­ty and com­mer­cial team.  To meet our clients increas­ing needs and as…

Feb 3, 2021

Can you be sacked if you refuse a COVID-19 vac­cine? And is neglect­ing an over­dosed friend a crime?

Two recent unfair dis­missal cas­es may pro­vide some insight into whether employ­ers can sack work­ers who refuse a COVID-19 vaccination. Also, a recent deci­sion in the NSW Court of Appeal upholds a manslaugh­ter con­vic­tion involv­ing a fail­ure to help a friend who need­ed urgent med­ical help. Click here to lis­ten to the ABC’s Law Report pod­cast…