Friends and clients of Swaab, wel­come new part­ners — Michael Hayter, Ger­ald Carides and Nicholas Dale

Despite the rain in Syd­ney on Thurs­day we had a full house to cel­e­brate the appoint­ment of Michael Hayter, Ger­ald Carides and Nicholas Dale. With well over 85 friends and clients of the firm from the Com­mer­cial Finance, Insol­ven­cy and Restruc­tur­ing indus­try sec­tors, com­ing togeth­er to cel­e­brate and wel­come Swaab’s newest partners. 

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Publications

Strata Plan 92183 v Samdora Pty Ltd [2026] NSWSC 406 | 'Substantive Control' over Works & s37 of the DB&P Act

In this case, the plain­tiff (Stra­ta Plan 92183) brought pro­ceed­ings alleg­ing defec­tive res­i­den­tial build­ing work in rela­tion to 9 town hous­es…

Dis­clo­sure: When is enough enough?

Dis­clo­sure, the fam­i­ly law equiv­a­lent of dis­cov­ery in oth­er kinds of civ­il pro­ceed­ings, is a foun­da­tion­al part of fam­i­ly law matters. The Fed­er­al…

When Judges return to prac­tice: a clos­er look at the deci­sion in Tan­it & Tanit

In the Fed­er­al Cir­cuit and Fam­i­ly Court of Aus­tralia, being a Fed­er­al Court, the com­pul­so­ry retire­ment age of Judges is 70 years…

In the News

Michael Byrnes appeared on the Game Chang­ers Radio pod­cast host­ed by Craig Bruce and Irene Hulme on 17 June 2026 to dis­cuss the set­tle­ment in the legal pro­ceed­ings com­menced by Kyle Sandi­lands against ARN

Michael Byrnes appeared on the Game Chang­ers Radio pod­cast host­ed by Craig Bruce and Irene Hulme on 17 June 202…

Michael Byrnes quot­ed in the arti­cle, The boys’ club of NSW Police: Sys­temic bul­ly­ing revealed”, pub­lished in HR Leader on 17 June 2026

Michael Byrnes quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“The boys’ club of NSW Police: Sys­temic bul­ly­ing revealed”, pub­lished in HR Leader on…

Michael Byrnes quot­ed in the arti­cle, “ Com­mer­cial deal and set­tle­ment’: Top lawyer breaks down Sandi­lands v ARN case”, pub­lished in Medi­aweek on 17 June 2026

Michael Byrnes quot­ed in the arti­cle, “ ​‘Com­mer­cial deal and set­tle­ment’: Top lawyer breaks down Sandi­lands v ARN case”, pub­lished in Medi­aweek…

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