Pub­li­ca­tions

Jul 6, 2022

Swaab 2022 Lawyer Inter­view Series | Car­ly Lennan

Why did you become a lawyer? I was one of those annoy­ing kids walk­ing around telling peo­ple from a very young age that I would one day be a lawyer, then shout­ing things like ​“OBJEC­TION!” in con­ver­sa­tion. As I got old­er, and became a senior at a rur­al, pub­lic school, I was dis­cour­aged from aim­ing for this due…

Jan 27, 2021

COVID-19 | Fur­ther COVID-19 Ten­an­cy Update

On 24 Sep­tem­ber 2020, we pub­lished a COVID-19 Ten­an­cy Update regard­ing the exten­sion of the Retail and oth­er Com­mer­cial Leas­es (COVID-19) Reg­u­la­tion (Reg­u­la­tion) until 31 Decem­ber 2020. This arti­cle can be locat­ed here. On 16 Decem­ber 2020, the NSW Gov­ern­ment has announced the Reg­u­la­tion will be extend­ed again, this time until…

Apr 9, 2019

Pri­or­i­ty Notices: Pru­dent or Impractical?

With the dead­line for manda­to­ry e‑conveyancing fast approach­ing, con­veyanc­ing in New South Wales has unequiv­o­cal­ly entered the dig­i­tal age.  And while the change from ​‘paper’ con­veyanc­ing to online plat­forms gives prac­ti­tion­ers the oppor­tu­ni­ty to stream­line their ser­vices and poten­tial­ly pass on costs sav­ings to clients, it also cre­ates new poten­tial prob­lems…

Mar 21, 2019

A Caveat on Caveats

When used cor­rect­ly, caveats can be an impor­tant ally in your secu­ri­ty arsenal. Loaned some­one mon­ey? You should con­sid­er a caveat.  Con­tract­ed to pur­chase real estate? You should con­sid­er a caveat. You get the idea. A per­son seek­ing the pro­tec­tion of a caveat is called a ​“caveator”. A caveat is used to pro­tect a caveator’s legal…