Newslet­ters

Sep 5, 2019

Swaab Con­nect | Sep­tem­ber 2019

A per­son who is the sub­ject of a defam­a­to­ry pub­li­ca­tion can sue for defama­tion, but what about com­pa­nies? Marc Bad­dams and Sean Green­wood advise if a com­pa­ny can sue for defama­tion. Michael Byrnes out­lines some ini­tial obser­va­tions fol­low­ing The Aus­tralian Gov­ern­ment’s deci­sion to release​‘reli­gious free­dom reforms’, Richard Ott­ley looks at fac­tors which…

Aug 8, 2019

Swaab Con­nect | August 2019

This month we are delight­ed to wel­come Alexan­dra Streltso­va to the firm’s lit­i­ga­tion team, Part­ner Eric Ziehlke explains why recent polit­i­cal changes in the Unit­ed King­dom have raised the prospect of a​‘no deal’ Brex­it as a seri­ous pos­si­bil­i­ty, Part­ner Helen Kow­al inter­views Allan Har­ri­man OAM for the third instal­ment of the…

Jul 15, 2019

Swaab Con­nect | July 2019

In this issue of Swaab Con­nect, Angela Har­vey pro­vides a brief out­line on the nature and oper­a­tion of Vic­to­ri­a’s new assist­ed dying laws, Fam­i­ly Law accred­it­ed spe­cial­ist Annette Wil­son out­lines how the court sys­tem deter­mines the out­come of your prop­er­ty set­tle­ment in a defac­to part­ner­ship, Bill Lo explains how ​‘small’ and​‘large’ pro­pri­etary…

Jun 18, 2019

Swaab Con­nect | June 2019

This month, Asso­ciate Bill Lo and Grad­u­ate at Law Emi­ly Capen­er dis­cuss the scope and impli­ca­tions of the pro­posed changes to the Cor­po­ra­tions Act 2001 amend­ments which require unique a Direc­tor Iden­ti­fi­ca­tion Num­ber. Part­ner, Helen Kow­al includes the first install­ment of the NSW Con­struc­tion Indus­try six-part series by inter­view­ing cladding spe­cial­ist…

May 13, 2019

Swaab Con­nect | May 2019

This month in Swaab Con­nect, Part­ner Eric Ziehlke explains how dis­putes can arise between a prin­ci­pal and its ex-dis­­trib­u­­tor with respect to the own­er­ship and use of brands and names and how you can pro­tect your con­tract when a dis­trib­u­tor­ship ends. Part­ner Helen Kow­al advis­es how to gain some con­trol and pro­tect…

Apr 11, 2019

Swaab Con­nect | April 2019

In this edi­tion of Swaab Con­nect we wel­come new Part­ner, Helen Kow­al to our Prop­er­ty, Plan­ning & Projects team. Part­ner, Angela Har­vey dis­cuss­es the impor­tance of safe­guard­ing your Will and Part­ner, Richard Ott­ley dis­cuss­es a recent deci­sion in the Fair Work Com­mis­sion that has shone a light on a dilem­ma which employ­ers face when…

Mar 12, 2019

Swaab Con­nect | March 2019

In this edi­tion of Swaab Con­nect we cel­e­brate Inter­na­tion­al Wom­en’s Day 2019 with an arti­cle by Nicole Cini, Kate­ri­na Lon­er­gan, Esther Khoo, Nicole Pozovsky and Monique Robb where they share their relec­tions as (female) lawyers. Michael Byrnes is fea­tured in The Keep pod­cast and dis­cuss­es cul­ture change and how to…

Feb 18, 2019

Swaab Con­nect | Feb­ru­ary 2019

A mes­sage from Man­ag­ing Part­ner, Mary Digiglio leads our Feb­ru­ary edi­tion of Swaab Con­nect as she talks about a year of oppor­tu­ni­ties and growth for 2019. In this issue, we wel­come David Perkins to our Cor­po­rate team and also share a pod­cast fea­tur­ing Senior Asso­ciate, Monique Robb in which she dis­cuss­es how…

Jan 17, 2019

Swaab Con­nect | Jan­u­ary 2019

In our first newslet­ter for 2019 we share use­ful links for those going through sep­a­ra­tion, and a radio inter­view Michael Byrnes con­duct­ed with 2GB and 4BC dis­cussing legal issues aris­ing from the under­pay­ment of staff. Sean Green­wood answers he ques­tion, ​‘when two con­tracts exist, which one is bing­ing?’ in his arti­cle…

Dec 20, 2018

Swaab Con­nect | Decem­ber 2018

In our final edi­tion for 2018, Richard Ott­ley and Nicole Cini share Mod­ern Award changes for 2018/2019 and the impli­ca­tions for employ­ers. Car­o­line Bass and Nicole Pozovsky explain what is pri­vate and what can be pub­lished sur­round­ing Fam­i­ly Law pro­ceed­ings and Sean Green­wood exam­ines the use of statu­to­ry demands in…