News

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…

Dec 7, 2020

Michael Byrnes dis­cuss­es with HRM | Can work­places man­date COVID-19 vaccines?

Work­places are con­tem­plat­ing how to nav­i­gate a vac­cine and the pos­si­bil­i­ty of man­dat­ing it for employ­ees. Because of this, all eyes were on the Fair Work Com­mis­sion as it recent­ly con­sid­ered the case of an ear­ly child­hood teacher who was ter­mi­nat­ed for not get­ting the flu vaccine. Read full arti­cle here …

Dec 2, 2020

Michael Byrnes & Emi­ly Capen­er are quot­ed in Lawyers Week­ly | Can law firms man­date COVID-19 vac­ci­na­tions for employees?

In prepar­ing the office for returns to work en masse, one poten­tial option law firms may be think­ing about is the loom­ing vac­cine for COVID-19, which — accord­ing to Health Min­is­ter Greg Hunt — should be avail­able to Aus­tralians in approx­i­mate­ly four months’ time. Such a direc­tive from legal employ­ers, Swaab…

Nov 26, 2020

Michael Byrnes dis­cussed manda­to­ry vac­ci­na­tions in the work­place and the recent trag­ic spate of food deliv­ery fatal­i­ties with John Stan­ley on 2GB, 2CC & 4BC | 24 Novem­ber 2020

Michael Byrnes dis­cussed manda­to­ry vac­ci­na­tions in the work­place and the recent trag­ic spate of food deliv­ery fatal­i­ties with John Stan­ley on 2GB, 2CC and 4BC on 24 Novem­ber 2020.Lis­ten to the pod­cast here.…

Nov 25, 2020

Macarthur Devel­op­ments wins 2020 Devel­op­ment Excel­lence Award | Mas­ter­planned Com­mu­ni­ty Devel­op­ment – Emer­ald Hills Estate

Urban Task­force Chief Exec­u­tive, Tom For­rest said the Devel­op­ment Excel­lence Awards have clear­ly demon­strat­ed the prop­er­ty devel­op­ment industry’s pas­sion and com­mit­ment for the sus­tain­able growth Australia’s cities. Man­ag­ing Part­ner — Mary Digiglio, said this was a well deserved win for our client, Macarthur Devel­op­ments and is a tes­ta­ment to every­one’s skill, deter­mi­na­tion and…

Nov 17, 2020

Michael Byrnes fea­tured in HRM Online | Manager/​subordinate romances: what HR needs to know | 16 Novem­ber 2020

Inter-work­place rela­tion­ships are a com­mon occur­rence, but how should HR react if a romance forms between a team leader and their junior? Read full arti­cle here.…

Nov 17, 2020

Michael Byrnes fea­tured in Lawyers Week­ly | Work­place rela­tion­ships are back on the agen­da | 16 Novem­ber 2020

In the new nor­mal, employ­ers must ensure their fun­da­men­tal WHS oblig­a­tions are in line with evolv­ing work­place envi­ron­ments and employ­ee inter­ac­tions. Employ­ment Part­ner, Michael Byrnes dis­cuss­es ​‘Work­place rela­tion­ships are back on the agen­da’ with Jerome Doraisamy. Read the full arti­cle here…