News

Mar 31, 2020

Swaab’s Prop­er­ty, Plan­ning & Projects team ranked in Doyles Guide 2020

Once again, our Prop­er­ty, Plan­ning and Projects (PPP) team has been named as a Rec­om­mend­ed firm in the Doyles Lead­ing Prop­er­ty & Real Estate Law Firms – NSW, 2020. This award recog­nis­es firms prac­tis­ing with­in the areas of trans­ac­tion­al, leas­ing and devel­op­ment prop­er­ty mat­ters in the NSW legal mar­ket who have been…

Mar 27, 2020

Pod­cast | Dis­cus­sions on work­place law issues aris­ing from the Coro­n­avirus on 2GB | 26 March 2020

Part­ner Michael Byrnes dis­cuss­es work­place law issues aris­ing from the Coro­n­avirus cri­sis with John Stan­ley on 2GB, 2CC and 4BC on 26 March 2020 (from 1.43.50).Michael Byrnes on 2GB — 26 March 2020…

Mar 27, 2020

Lawyers Week­ly | Indef­i­nite remote work­ing to have last­ing impact on firms’ WHS poli­cies | 26 March 2020

Part­ner Michael Byrnes fea­tured in Lawyers Week­ly on 26 March 2020 to dis­cuss how indef­i­nite remote work­ing arrange­ments will have last­ing impact on firms’ WHS policies. Indef­i­nite remote work­ing to have last­ing impacts on firms’ WHS poli­cies — Lawyers Week­ly — 26 March 2020, fea­tur­ing Part­ner Michael Byrnes…

Mar 25, 2020

UPDATE #2 COVID-19 | Swaab Busi­ness Con­ti­nu­ity | 25 March 2020

As the cri­sis con­tin­ues to unfold in Aus­tralia, we have made the deci­sion that from Thurs­day 26 March 2020 our entire work­force (includ­ing part­ners) will work remotely.  We are very for­tu­nate, that as far as we are aware none of our peo­ple have con­tract­ed Covid-19. We are com­mit­ted to pro­vid­ing an excel­lent…

Mar 17, 2020

UPDATE COVID-19 | Swaab Busi­ness Con­ti­nu­ity | 17 March 2020

Over the past few weeks, with the esca­la­tion of the COVID-19 out­break, we at Swaab have tak­en pre­cau­tions to ensure the safe­ty, health and well­be­ing of our peo­ple, clients and visitors. As the cri­sis con­tin­ues to increase in Aus­tralia, we have made the deci­sion that from Mon­day 23 March 2020 we…

Mar 16, 2020

Inter­na­tion­al Wom­en’s Day 2020 #Each­forE­qual — Helen Kowal

What priv­i­leges or chal­lenges do you stereo­typ­i­cal­ly and gener­i­cal­ly face in your area of work? Hav­ing worked pri­mar­i­ly in the area of con­struc­tion and stra­ta law for the past decade, it has become abun­dant­ly clear that the con­struc­tion indus­try is stereo­typ­i­cal­ly ​‘male’. The major­i­ty of builders, devel­op­ers and expert build­ing con­sul­tants…

Mar 16, 2020

World’s Great­est Shave 2020

On Fri­day night we assem­bled our hero hair­dressers at the Swaab Salon to ban­ish the 9 – 5 hair­do to colour, style and shave hair for the Leukaemia Foun­da­tion’s World’s Great­est Shave Event 2020! A mas­sive thank you to all the super­heros who took the plunge and got involved on the…

Mar 16, 2020

Michael Byrnes quot­ed in Lawyers Week­ly — 11^th March 2020 — What the pro­fes­sion thinks about the new Fair Work rules

To under­stand the debate on the new require­ments for law firms to record over­time, Lawyers Week­ly asked lawyers across the spec­trum if they thought the pro­fes­sion will see a major shift in man­ag­ing their staff. Part­ner Michael Byrnes shares his thoughts. Click here to read the arti­cle — What the pro­fes­sion thinks…

Mar 12, 2020

Michael Byrnes fea­tured on Mon­ey News ‑11^th March 2020 — The coro­n­avirus and man­ag­ing employ­ee leave entitlements

Lis­ten to Michael Byrnes on Mon­ey News with Brooke Corte — 11 March 2020…

Mar 11, 2020

Inter­na­tion­al Wom­en’s Day 2020 #Each­forE­qual — Monique Loveday

What’s a dai­ly or week­ly rit­u­al you have that con­tributes to your ongo­ing success? Prac­tis­ing self-care. This has been key to me liv­ing a bal­anced life.  As a Fam­i­ly Lawyer, and moth­er of two young chil­dren, I have a very lim­it­ed (almost non-exis­tent) amount of ​‘me’ time so it is essen­tial I use what­ev­er free time I have for self-care. …