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Nov 20, 2023

Helen Kow­al — Guest Speak­er at the inau­gur­al Your Stra­ta Prop­er­ty CPD Event in Mudgee

I’m hon­oured to have been invit­ed by Aman­da Farmer to join her 1‑Day CPD Event in Mudgee on 23 Feb­ru­ary 2024 as a spe­cial guest speak­er. I’ll be shar­ing the lat­est updates on the NSW law reg­u­lat­ing stra­ta reme­di­al work, which is ever-evolv­ing and one of the hard­est top­ics for our…

Sep 8, 2023

Helen Kow­al dis­cuss­es with Stra­ta Plus the impli­ca­tions of recent leg­isla­tive and reg­u­la­to­ry reforms in the con­struc­tion indus­try of NSW

These reforms, while wide­ly acknowl­edged as nec­es­sary for enhanc­ing the qual­i­ty of con­struc­tion work in both new and exist­ing struc­tures, have inad­ver­tent­ly trig­gered a host of com­plex­i­ties for stra­ta schemes involved in reme­di­al projects, build­ing repairs, and upgrades. To read the full arti­cle click here…

May 17, 2023

Helen Kow­al appeared on Own­ers Cor­po­ra­tion Net­work’s webi­nar on Reme­di­al work and the Build­ing Prac­ti­tion­ers ACT

Helen Kow­al appeared on Own­ers Cor­po­ra­tion Net­work’s webi­nar on Reme­di­al work and the Build­ing Prac­ti­tion­ers ACT.  The OCN host­ed this impor­tant webi­nar pre­sent­ed by Matt Press, Exec­u­tive Direc­tor, Com­pli­ance and Dis­pute Res­o­lu­tion NSW Depart­ment of Cus­tomer Ser­vice, Helen Kow­al, Part­ner Swaab, and Deb­o­rah Lock­hart, Man­ag­er Risk, and Com­pli­ance RHM Con­sult­ing. The…

May 1, 2023

Con­grat­u­la­tions to Swaab’s Prop­er­ty, Plan­ning & Projects team for being recog­nised in Doyles Guide 2023

Con­grat­u­la­tions to: Swaab’s Prop­er­ty, Plan­ning & Projects team for being recog­nised in Doyles Guide as a Rec­om­mend­ed Lead­ing Prop­er­ty & Real Estate Law Firms – NSW, 2023, click link…

Mar 21, 2023

Helen Kow­al appeared on ​‘Fri­day LIVE’ with Aman­da Farmer, Founder of Women in Stra­ta from the 2023 Annu­al Con­fer­ence of the Aus­tralian Col­lege of Stra­ta Lawyers in Singapore

Helen Kow­al appeared on ​‘Fri­day LIVE’ with Aman­da Farmer, Founder of Women in Stra­ta & Your Stra­ta Prop­er­ty, from the 2023 Annu­al Con­fer­ence of the Aus­tralian Col­lege of Stra­ta Lawyers in Singapore.  Helen explained the new fact sheet released by NSW Fair Trad­ing this week, clar­i­fy­ing the way in which an own­ers…

Oct 17, 2022

Gotcha4Life Foun­da­tion fundrais­er at Swaab

Part­ner, Helen Kow­al and Head of Peo­ple and Cul­ture, Angela Sharpe and a team of helpers host­ed the Gotcha4Life Foun­da­tion fundrais­er at Swaab on Sat­ur­day night. Our staff, fam­i­lies and friends had a fan­tas­tic evening with plen­ty of danc­ing, thanks to the Dow Jones & the All Ordi­nar­ies. Every­one who attend­ed did their…

Apr 8, 2022

Con­grat­u­la­tions Swaab’s Prop­er­ty team for being recog­nised in Doyles Guide as a Lead­ing Prop­er­ty Real Estate Firm, NSW 2022

Con­grat­u­la­tions Swaab’s Prop­er­ty team for being recog­nised in Doyles Guide as a Lead­ing Prop­er­ty Real Estate Firm, NSW 2022 | 5 years running https://​doyles​guide​.com/​l​eadin……

Nov 8, 2021

Defec­tive Build­ings & The Cladding Cri­sis — Webinar 

Helen Kow­al – Part­ner, will be pre­sent­ing as part of an expert pan­el in a webi­nar host­ed by Mec­ca Events on: Defec­tive Build­ings & The Cladding Crisis. Date and time Tue, 23 Novem­ber 2021, 5:00 PM – 7:30 PM AEDT To reg­is­ter click here…

Sep 22, 2021

Con­struc­tion Sites to Return to Full Capac­i­ty from 27 Sep­tem­ber 2021

Con­struc­tion Sites to Return to Full Capac­i­ty from 27 Sep­tem­ber 2021  Since 19 July 2021, NSW Con­struc­tion sites have either been shut down or faced restric­tions on the amount of per­sons eli­gi­ble to attend sites to per­form con­struc­tion relat­ed work and activ­i­ty. Cur­rent­ly, if the Con­struc­tion site is in an LGA…

Aug 14, 2021

Rein­tro­duc­tion of Nation­al Cab­i­net’s Manda­to­ry Code of Con­duct for Com­mer­cial Leas­ing in NSW 14 Aug 21

NSW Gov­ern­ment will rein­tro­duce the Nation­al Cab­i­net’s Manda­to­ry Code of Con­duct for Com­mer­cial Leasing  On 13 August 2021, the NSW Gov­ern­ment announced it will rein­tro­duce the Nation­al Cab­i­net’s Manda­to­ry Code of Con­duct for Com­mer­cial Leas­ing until 13 Jan­u­ary 2022 man­dat­ing rent relief for eli­gi­ble ten­ants impact­ed by Covid-19. The Retail and Oth­er…