Newslet­ters

Nov 21, 2018

Swaab Con­nect | Novem­ber 2018

In this issue, Sean Green­wood exam­ines adverse pos­ses­sion also known as ​‘squat­ters’ rights’ in his arti­cle, ​‘Use it or lose it’. Michael Byrnes shares lessons for employ­ers and employ­ees sur­round­ing social media use in his arti­cle ​‘Reheat­ed Retweets’ and in ​‘The ABC of CGT’ Annette Wil­son and Kate­ri­na Lon­er­gan demon­strate…

Oct 4, 2018

Swaab Con­nect | Octo­ber 2018

Our Octo­ber issue of Swaab Con­nect launch­es the new look of our newslet­ters fol­low­ing the renam­ing of the firm as Swaab and a new look and web­site going live. In this issue, Annette Wil­son and Kate­ri­na Lon­er­gan exam­ine the con­se­quences of fail­ing to dis­close assets in fam­i­ly law pro­ceed­ings, in their…

Sep 10, 2018

Swaab Con­nect | August 2018

In this edi­tion of Swaab Con­nect, we cel­e­brate Swaab’s re-cer­ti­fi­ca­tion in Mer­i­tas, a glob­al alliance of inde­pen­dent busi­ness law firms. We also share the pho­tos from our Awe­some Wom­en’s Din­ner, a night to cel­e­brate Syd­ney’s Awe­some Women who are chang­ing the face and focus of our econ­o­my and soci­ety. Also in this…

Jul 1, 2018

Swaab Con­nect | July 2018

As the school hol­i­days around NSW start, Sher­lene Heng exam­ines how the Fam­i­ly Law Act and the courts deter­mine par­ent­ing arrange­ments dur­ing school hol­i­day time. Michael Byrnes shares two arti­cles this month, first­ly on the recent AHRC report into dis­crim­i­na­tion in employ­ment on the basis of crim­i­nal record and sec­ond­ly…

Jun 1, 2018

Swaab Con­nect | June 2018

This month, we share updates to the GST with­hold­ing régime that com­mence in July 2018, and dis­cuss pri­va­cy fol­low­ing the recent Gen­er­al Data Pro­tec­tion Reg­u­la­tion cre­at­ed by the Euro­pean Coun­cil and Par­lia­ment. In this edi­tion, Michael Byrnes shares 3 tips for employ­ers on com­mu­ni­cat­ing ter­mi­na­tion and Sher­lene Heng explains how tax…

May 1, 2018

Swaab Con­nect | May 2018

In this, our 100th edi­tion of Swaab Con­nect, we cel­e­brate win­ning the inau­gur­al Mer­i­tas ​‘Inno­vate to Ele­vate’ award. We also cel­e­brate Emma Flem­ing and Cecil­ia Rose and their rank­ings in the Doyle Guide. In this edi­tion, Eric Ziehk­le writes about pro­tect­ing the IP in your web­site and Michael Byrnes exam­ines…

Apr 1, 2018

Swaab Con­nect | April 2018

In this edi­tion of Swaab Con­nect Richard Ott­ley exam­ines whether, if an employ­ee resigns, can they then with­draw it? Michael Phillips shares part 2 of his arti­cle on Equi­ty Crowd Fund­ing fol­low­ing the CSF Régime which cam into effect on 29 Sep­tem­ber 2017. Employ­ment Part­ner, Michael Byrnes asks What’s in a name…

Mar 1, 2018

Swaab Con­nect | March 2018

In this issue Angela Har­vey and Esther Khoo share why you busi­ness needs a com­pa­ny pow­er of attor­ney. Michael Byrnes exam­ines the legal posi­tion of swear­ing in the work­place and Richard Ott­ley writes about what is at stake when fac­ing an inves­ti­ga­tion by the Fair Work Ombudsman…

Feb 1, 2018

Swaab Con­nect | Feb­ru­ary 2018

This month, we wel­come Michael Byrnes, employ­ment part­ner to the firm. We also share two of his arti­cles, ​‘Sex­u­al harass­ment in the post-Wein­stein age — What’s next for employ­ers?’ and ​‘Lack of pro­ce­dur­al fair­ness does­n’t nec­es­sar­i­ly mean unfair dis­missal’. Fam­i­ly Law Senior Asso­ciate, Lin­da McGirr writes about how the issue…