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Fed­er­al Bud­get 2025: Lim­i­ta­tion on Non-Com­pete Clauses

As part of the 2025 Fed­er­al Bud­get, the gov­ern­ment has announced a pro­hi­bi­tion on non-com­pete claus­es for employ­ees earn­ing less than the high income thresh­old (present­ly $175,000 per annum). It is planned that the change will take effect in 2027. There is noth­ing for employ­ers to do at the moment, although both busi­ness…

Hugo Maho­ny

Exper­tiseCom­mer­cialCor­po­rateIP &Technology…

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Labor’s clause ban strikes sen­si­ble mid­dle ground”, pub­lished in The Aus­tralian on 27 March 2025

Michael Byrnes quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Labor’s clause ban strikes sen­si­ble mid­dle ground”, pub­lished in The Aus­tralian on 27 March 2025To read the full arti­cle click here …

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Employ­ers’ ​‘game of bluff’ with non-com­pete claus­es is over”, pub­lished in HR Leader on 27 March 2025

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Employ­ers’ ​‘game of bluff’ with non-com­pete claus­es is over”, pub­lished in HR Leader on 27 March 2025.To read the full arti­cle click here…

Con­struc­tion con­tracts are more than just a doc­u­ment — remove con­trac­tu­al claus­es at your peril

Your con­struc­tion con­tract will map out the path­way to your build­ing project com­plet­ing on time and with­in bud­get and detail­ing how any loss­es and risks are handled. It is an essen­tial tool in man­ag­ing and shift­ing risk dur­ing the con­struc­tion phase and impor­tant­ly, lays out the rules if a dis­pute aris­es. The chances…

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Employ­ers, unions clash over non-com­pete clause ban”, pub­lished in The Aus­tralian on 26 March 2025

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Employ­ers, unions clash over non-com­pete clause ban”, pub­lished in The Aus­tralian on 26 March 2025.To read the full arti­cle click here…

Fail­ing to Reg­is­ter a PPSR Secu­ri­ty Inter­est on Time – Legal Risks and Options

Intro­duc­tionTime­ly reg­is­tra­tion of secu­ri­ty inter­ests under the Per­son­al Prop­er­ty Secu­ri­ties Act 2009 (Cth) (PPSA) is essen­tial for secured cred­i­tors to pro­tect their rights. Fail­ure to reg­is­ter with­in the pre­scribed time­frames can result in the cred­i­tor los­ing pri­or­i­ty to unse­cured cred­i­tors in the event of insolvency.While cred­i­tors who have failed to reg­is­ter…

Michael Byrnes appeared on Break­fast with Ron Wil­son on 2SM on 2 April 2025 to dis­cuss the pro­posed lim­i­ta­tion on non-com­pete clauses

Michael Byrnes appeared on Break­fast with Ron Wil­son on 2SM on 2 April 2025 to dis­cuss the pro­posed lim­i­ta­tion on non-com­pete clausesTo lis­ten to the full inter­view click here…

Senior Asso­ciate | Property

About the roleWe are look­ing for a bright, moti­vat­ed, client focussed, expe­ri­enced Senior Asso­ciate with min­i­mum 6 years PQE to work direct­ly with our Part­ners in the Prop­er­ty, Plan­ning and Projects (PPP) team. This will be a broad role work­ing on the following:Review­ing, draft­ing and nego­ti­at­ing agree­ments for lease and leas­es and ancil­lary documentsAdvis­ing clients (ven­dors and pur­chas­es)…

Mark Glynn

Exper­tise Con­struc­tion …

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Police and Safe­Work are inves­ti­gat­ing MAFS, but the show keeps win­ning the rat­ings race”, pub­lished on ABC News on 6 April 2025

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Police and Safe­Work are inves­ti­gat­ing MAFS, but the show keeps win­ning the rat­ings race”, pub­lished on ABC News on 6 April 2025To read the full arti­cle click here…

Res­i­den­tial Ten­an­cies Act 2010 (NSW) reforms and oblig­a­tions of land­lords — effec­tive from 19 May 2025

Intro­duc­tionThe Res­i­den­tial Ten­an­cies Act 2010 (NSW) (the Act) and the Res­i­den­tial Ten­an­cies Reg­u­la­tion 2019 (NSW) (the Reg­u­la­tions) have under­gone some sig­nif­i­cant changes fol­low­ing a pro­longed and exten­sive con­sul­ta­tion peri­od with prop­er­ty man­age­ment stake­hold­ers. These changes have gen­er­at­ed a lot of buzz as they seek to improve the rights of ten­ants in NSW and…

Press Release | New Asso­ciate Appoint­ment — Hugo Mahony

“As we con­tin­ue to expand in line with our strate­gic vision, Hugo’s deep knowl­edge and expe­ri­ence in Com­mer­cial, Cor­po­rate, IP & Tech­nol­o­gy law posi­tions him per­fect­ly with­in our team. His appoint­ment strength­ens our abil­i­ty to meet our client needs with excel­lence, ensur­ing we main­tain our hall­mark ded­i­ca­tion and Swaab Brand of…

Press Release | New Part­ner Appoint­ment — Mark Glynn

With over two decades in the indus­try, Mark is a recog­nised front-end con­struc­tion lawyer spe­cial­ist with­in the build­ing and con­struc­tion indus­try. Mark has worked with clients in both the pri­vate and pub­lic sec­tor, up and down the con­tract­ing chain, assist­ing them deliv­er­ing projects with­in their accept­able lev­els of risk.“As we con­tin­ue to grow…