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Press Release | Swaab Announces Five Senior Promotions

Con­grat­u­la­tions:Esther Khoo — Spe­cial CounselSte­vie-Lee Nobbs — AssociateRebec­ca Priem — Senior AssociateJohn Trinh - Spe­cial CounselStu­art Bock­ing — Associate“I’m thrilled to announce the pro­mo­tions of Esther Khoo to Spe­cial Coun­sel, Ste­vie-Lee Nobbs to Asso­ciate, Rebec­ca Priem to Senior Asso­ciate, John Trinh to Spe­cial Coun­sel, and Stu­art Bock­ing to Asso­ciate, effec­tive from 1 July 2024…

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Wool­worths chief Brad Ban­duc­ci ​‘vic­ar­i­ous­ly liable’ for alleged sex­u­al harass­ment, employ­ee Marc Eston­i­na claims”, pub­lished in The Aus­tralian on 11 July 2024

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Wool­worths chief Brad Ban­duc­ci ​‘vic­ar­i­ous­ly liable’ for alleged sex­u­al harass­ment, employ­ee Marc Eston­i­na claims”, pub­lished in The Aus­tralian on 11 July 2024To read the full arti­cle please click here…

Press Release | Swaab Earns Recer­ti­fi­ca­tion in Mer­i­tas, the Pre­mier Glob­al Net­work of Inde­pen­dent Law Firms

Syd­ney, NSW (11 July 2024) – Swaab, a Syd­ney-based law firm, today announced that it has been award­ed recer­ti­fi­ca­tion in Mer­i­tas, the pre­mier glob­al alliance of inde­pen­dent busi­ness law firms. Swaab joined Mer­i­tas in 2009 and, as a con­di­tion of its mem­ber­ship, is required to suc­cess­ful­ly com­plete recer­ti­fi­ca­tion every three years based…

Employ­ees Biden Their Time: How Old is Too Old?

Much media cov­er­age has been giv­en to whether US Pres­i­dent Joe Biden has the phys­i­cal capac­i­ty and men­tal acu­ity to cam­paign and secure a sec­ond term for the Democ­rats and then, if suc­cess­ful, effec­tive­ly serve for the dura­tion of that term. Pres­i­dent Biden would be 82 years of age at the start…

Press Release | New Appoint­ment for Swaab

Wel­come, Lynne Hawes - Senior Asso­ciate, Prop­er­ty, Plan­ning & Projects and Stra­ta & Construction.“This appoint­ment comes at an impor­tant time in our fir­m’s ongo­ing growth with­in the Stra­ta & Con­struc­tion and Prop­er­ty, Plan­ning & Projects sec­tors. Lyn­n’s exten­sive exper­tise, expe­ri­ence, and capa­bil­i­ties will enhance both our Stra­ta & Con­struc­tion and Prop­er­ty, Plan­ning & Projects teams, enabling…

Lynn Hawes

Exper­tiseCon­struc­tionStra­ta…

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Man­ag­ing old­er employ­ees 101”, pub­lished in HR Leader on 18 July 2024

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Man­ag­ing old­er employ­ees 101”, pub­lished in HR Leader on 18 July 2024To read the full arti­cle please click here…

Michael Byrnes appeared on Nights with John Stan­ley on 2GB and 4BC on 22 July 2024 to dis­cuss man­ag­ing old­er employ­ees and age discrimination

Michael Byrnes appeared on Nights with John Stan­ley on 2GB and 4BC on 22 July 2024 to dis­cuss man­ag­ing old­er employ­ees and age discriminationTo lis­ten to the inter­view click here…

Statu­to­ry Duty of Care – Part 4 Design and Build­ing Prac­ti­tion­ers Act 2020 – ‘…the risk of harm was fore­see­able… not insignificant…not far-fetched or fanciful’

On 5 July 2024, His Hon­our Jus­tice Waugh hand­ed down his deci­sion in The Own­ers – Stra­ta Plan 80867 v Da Sil­va [2024] NSWDC 263.Swaab, instruct­ing William Mar­shall of 7 Went­worth Sel­borne Cham­bers, act­ed for the Plain­tiff Own­ers Cor­po­ra­tion in the pro­ceed­ings, which were brought against Mr Da Sil­va (the Builder). The Builder…

Helen Kow­al | Design and Build­ing Prac­ti­tion­ers (DBP) Act and relat­ed reg­u­la­tions and its impact on stra­ta-build­ing reme­di­al works webinar

Deb Lockart of RHM Con­sul­tants and Helen Kow­al of Swaab will encore their pre­sen­ta­tion on the DBP and relat­ed reg­u­la­tion of the reme­di­al industry.Learn what’s been achieved and hear their insights. Sig­nif­i­cant mile­stones have been achieved through the reme­di­al gov­ern­ment con­sul­ta­tion process and they will share these con­sul­ta­tion outcomes.This webi­nar will be…

Swaab Con­nect | June 2024

Impor­tant Work­place Rela­tions Changes Effec­tive 1 July 2024 | Employ­ment, Press Release | Three New Appoint­ments for Swaab | Prop­er­ty Plan­ning & Projects and Fam­i­ly, Press Release | Swaab Announces Five Senior Pro­mo­tions | Lit­i­ga­tion, Cor­po­rate & Com­mer­cial and Prop­er­ty, Plan­ning & Projects…

Con­grat­u­la­tions to Michael Hayter for being recog­nised in Doyles Guide

Con­grat­u­la­tions to Michael Hayter for being recog­nised in Doyles Guide 2024 as a Rec­om­mend­ed Lead­ing Insol­ven­cy & Restruc­tur­ing Lawyer – New South Wales, 2024Rec­om­mend­ed Lead­ing Insol­ven­cy & Restruc­tur­ing Lawyer – New South Wales, 2024 click here…

Using the Olympics in mar­ket­ing can be legal­ly risky

Three years (rather than the usu­al four) hav­ing elapsed since the COVID-deferred 2021 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Olympic fever has again struck in Aus­tralia as our tal­ent­ed ath­letes com­pete in the 2024 Paris Games.A major pub­lic mar­ket­ing cam­paign is out in force on Aus­tralian streets and screens. Run by the Aus­tralian…

Swaab Alum­ni Newslet­ter | June 2023

We cel­e­brat­ed 5 x New Pro­mo­tions Announced, 4 x New Appoint­ments Wel­comed, Michael Byrnes for being nom­i­nat­ed as a final­ist in the Lawyers Week­ly Part­ner of the Year Awards 2023, Worlds Great­est Shave and Career Opportunities…

Swaab Alum­ni Newslet­ter | April 2024

We cel­e­brat­ed Lawyers who have joined or pro­mot­ed since last newslet­ter, con­grat­u­la­ted Tony D’Agosti­no for being recog­nised in Doyles Guide 2024, as a Rec­om­mend­ed Leas­ing Lawyer – New South Wales, 2024, recog­nised staff who par­tic­i­pat­ed in Coas­trek — Sup­port­ing the Heart Foun­da­tion, Annu­al Insol­ven­cy & Financier Drinks & Oys­ter Event, Inter­na­tion­al Wom­en’s Day and 2024 Career…