Portrait photograph of Michael Hayter
Michael Hayter
Partner
Portrait photograph of Gerald Carides
Gerald Carides
Partner
Portrait photograph of Nick Dale
Nick Dale
Partner

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

Per­son­al Lia­bil­i­ty for Build­ing Defects: The scope of sec­tion 37 of the Design and Build­ing Prac­ti­tion­ers Act 2020 (NSW)

NSW Supreme Court con­firms direc­tors and project man­agers can be per­son­al­ly liable under sec­tion 37 of the Design and Build­ing…

Pineap­ple on the Piz­za: Rea­son­able Direc­tion to Com­mit a Culi­nary Cul­tur­al Crime

The recent Fair Work Com­mis­sion (FWC) deci­sion in Mr Davide Tam­bu­rel­la v The Trustee For La Cos­ta Hos­pi­tal­i­ty Unit Trust [2026] FWC 4264…

‘Tis the Sea­son to Avoid Fol­ly: Work­place Christ­mas Par­ties (2026 Edition)

It’s that time of year. The ​‘Sil­ly Sea­son’. For many organ­i­sa­tions, the offi­cial employ­er Christ­mas par­ty is imminent.The start­ing point for…

In the News

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Sky­dance staff buy­out offer at Ten poten­tial­ly rais­es legal red flags”, pub­lished in Mum­brel­la on 6 Novem­ber 20

Could Sky­dance’s staff buy­out offer at Ten cre­ate legal risks or employ­ment law issues?Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Sky­dance…

Michael Byrnes appeared on McK­night Tonight with Robert McK­night on 4 Novem­ber 2026 to dis­cuss the lat­est devel­op­ments in the Jack­ie ​‘O’ Hen­der­son v ARN case (from 3:42 to 18:30)

Analy­sis of the lat­est Fed­er­al Court devel­op­ments in Jack­ie O’s case against ARN, includ­ing priv­i­lege rul­ings, the board memo and…

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Mel­bourne Cup – a giant red flag, or a bit of fun?”, pub­lished in HR Leader on 3 Novem­ber 2026

Is the Mel­bourne Cup a Work­place Cul­ture Risk? HR Guid­ance on Inclu­sion, Alco­hol and Employ­ee Wellbeing.Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle…

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