News

Feb 1, 2021

State reg­u­la­tions say you could direct employ­ees back to the work­place – but should you?

HRM dives into the legal and moral con­sid­er­a­tions around forc­ing employ­ees to return to the phys­i­cal work­place. Michael Byrnes fea­tured in HRM Online 25 Jan­u­ary 2021. Click here to read the full article.…

Jan 18, 2021

Press Release | Three New Senior Appoint­ments for Swaab

Tri­na Fran­cis – Part­ner, Fam­i­ly Law, spe­cial­is­ing in fam­i­ly law, lawyer-assist­ed medi­a­tion and lit­i­ga­tion will be join­ing our award win­ning accred­it­ed spe­cial­ist Fam­i­ly Law team. With over 20 years’ expe­ri­ence Tri­na has worked exclu­sive­ly in the area of Fam­i­ly Law, ini­tial­ly as an advo­cate for clients of a com­mu­ni­ty legal cen­tre before…

Jan 13, 2021

Michael Byrnes dis­cuss­es work­place vac­ci­na­tion with Brooke Corte on 2GB | 12 Jan­u­ary 2021

Michael Byrnes dis­cuss­es the legal issues relat­ed to manda­to­ry work­place Covid-19 vac­ci­na­tion with Brooke Corte on Mon­ey News on 2GB, 2CC and 4BC on 12 Jan­u­ary 2021 (from 24:45).Click here to lis­ten to the podcast.…

Jan 11, 2021

Michael Byrnes quot­ed in The Aus­tralian | Year of liv­ing cau­tious­ly: return to work nor­mal­cy won’t hap­pen soon

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in The Aus­tralian on 11 Jan­u­ary in the recent arti­cle ​‘Year of liv­ing cau­tious­ly: return to work nor­mal­cy won’t hap­pen soon’.Read the full arti­cle here.…

Dec 17, 2020

UniLodge Aus­tralia Pty Ltd & Anor v the Own­ers Stra­ta plan 54026 [2020] NSW­CATCD | Costs decision

In a pre­vi­ous new arti­cle (here), Helen Kow­al – Part­ner and Sean Green­wood – Senior Asso­ciate, recent­ly act­ed for a lot owner/​building man­ag­er in a stra­ta appli­ca­tion to the NSW Civ­il and Admin­is­tra­tive Tri­bunal, suc­cess­ful­ly seek­ing orders for the removal of the exist­ing stra­ta com­mit­tee and for the com­pul­so­ry appoint­ment of a stra­ta man­ag­er…

Dec 15, 2020

Michael Byrnes dis­cussed work­place Christ­mas par­ties with John Stan­ley on 2GB, 2CC and 4BC | 14 Decem­ber 2020 (from 1:49:50)

Michael Byrnes dis­cussed work­place Christ­mas par­ties with John Stan­ley on 2GB, 2CC and 4BC | 14 Decem­ber 2020 (from 1:49:50)Lis­ten to the pod­cast here…

Dec 14, 2020

Excit­ing News | 2021 New Part­ner Appointments

To meet the ever-grow­ing needs of our clients and in line with our strate­gic growth objec­tives, we are excit­ed to announce the appoint­ment of three new part­ners who will be join­ing Swaab in ear­ly 2021. These strate­gic appoint­ments will serve to enhance our abil­i­ty to deliv­er unri­valled val­ue for mon­ey and…

Dec 10, 2020

Ryan Gan­non recog­nised in Doyles Guide

Ris­ing Stars are indi­vid­u­als prac­tis­ing across Fam­i­ly, Divorce, Par­ent­ing and Mat­ri­mo­ni­al mat­ters with­in the New South Wales legal mar­ket who, while not includ­ed in our Lead­ing Fam­i­ly or Par­ent­ing Lawyer Rank­ings have been specif­i­cal­ly not­ed as being a ​‘Ris­ing Star’ with­in the afore­men­tioned areas.View the full list­ing here…

Dec 10, 2020

Fam­i­ly Law recog­nised in Doyles Guide 2020

Greg Park­er as a Rec­om­mend­ed Fam­i­ly & Divorce LawyerAnnette Wil­son as a Rec­om­mend­ed Par­ent­ing & Chil­dren’s Mat­ters LawyerRyan Gan­non as a Ris­ing Star in Fam­i­ly Law for 2021 Our ded­i­cat­ed pro­fes­sion­als have been select­ed because of their exper­tise and abil­i­ties, focus on client ser­vice and their com­mit­ment to excel­lence. We con­grat­u­late them on their achievements. View the full…

Dec 7, 2020

Michael Byrnes dis­cuss­es with HRM | What’s a ​‘com­plaint’? $1 mil­lion Fed­er­al Court appeal holds lessons for HR

A dete­ri­o­rat­ing rela­tion­ship between an HR leader and an exec­u­tive led to a rul­ing against their com­pa­ny. The appeal reveals how com­plex work­place law can be.Read full arti­cle here…