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NSW con­struc­tion indus­try — an expert’s per­spec­tive (part 2 of 6)

Inter­view with Paul Rat­cliff – Paul Rat­cliff Build­ing and Water­proof­ing Pty Ltd Over the com­ing weeks, I will be releas­ing a six part arti­cle series. The arti­cles will doc­u­ment my dis­cus­sions with build­ing con­sul­tants who are in the know when it comes to the cur­rent state of the NSW con­struc­tion indus­try and the…

The prop­er scope of the anti-bul­ly­ing jurisdiction

Strong Words from the FWC Bench In the recent deci­sion of Tan­ka Jang Kar­ki [2019] FWC 3147, which dealt with an appli­ca­tion to the Fair Work Com­mis­sion (FWC) for a stop bul­ly­ing order, Deputy Pres­i­dent Sams took the oppor­tu­ni­ty to express dis­qui­et about the way in which some appli­cants use the anti-bul­ly­ing…

Mer­i­tas | ANZ Intern­ship Exchange

Solic­i­tors Pierce Bedog­ni of Martel­li McK­egg and John Trinh of Swaab, have swapped firms and coun­tries for two weeks to gain an under­stand­ing and insights into how each oth­ers firms oper­ate and how their legal sys­tems and leg­is­la­tion vary between juris­dic­tions. Man­ag­ing Part­ner, Mary Digiglio said, ​“It is won­der­ful oppor­tu­ni­ty…

Should Aus­tralia adopt a Direc­tor Iden­ti­fi­ca­tion Num­ber (DIN) requirement?

Should Aus­tralia Adopt a Direc­tor Iden­ti­fi­ca­tion Num­ber (DIN) Requirement? On 13 Feb­ru­ary 2019, the Trea­sury Laws Amend­ment (Reg­istries Mod­erni­sa­tion and Oth­er Mea­sures) Bill 2019 was intro­duced to the Aus­tralian Par­lia­ment (Amend­ment Bill). The Amend­ment Bill pro­posed a direc­tor iden­ti­fi­ca­tion num­ber (DIN) require­ment as part of a suite of Gov­ern­ment ini­tia­tives which attempt to…

Mary Digiglio award­ed Well­ness Advo­cate of the Year 2019

Mary has con­tin­ued to inspire us all at Swaab with her per­sis­tence and ded­i­ca­tion in rais­ing aware­ness of the impor­tance of well­ness and well­be­ing and con­grat­u­late her on this fan­tas­tic achievement! Click here to view all the pho­tos from the night…

NSW con­struc­tion indus­try — an expert’s per­spec­tive (part 3 of 6)

Inter­view with Allan Har­ri­man – BCA Log­ic Over the com­ing weeks, I will be releas­ing a six part arti­cle series. The arti­cles will doc­u­ment my dis­cus­sions with build­ing con­sul­tants who are in the know when it comes to the cur­rent state of the NSW con­struc­tion indus­try and the high per­cent­age of prop­er­ties…

Divorce and Sep­a­ra­tion — What you need to know

How long do I have to be sep­a­rat­ed before I can divorce my spouse? A divorce is the Court’s recog­ni­tion that a mar­riage no longer exists and a sep­a­ra­tion shows your inten­tion to divorce. In Aus­tralia you are required to be sep­a­rat­ed for a peri­od of 12 months before you can make an Appli­ca­tion for Divorce…

ANZ Mer­i­tas Intern­ship Exchange

The lawyer exchange is the first of its kind in the ANZ Mer­i­tas region and has been a valu­able expe­ri­ence. We say thank you and farewell to Pierce and wish him the best of luck in future! We recent­ly took some time out to ask Pierce a few ques­tions about his expe­ri­ence…

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…

What hap­pens to chil­dren on the death of a res­i­den­tial par­ent in the con­text of divorce and separation

There is no auto­mat­ic right for the sur­viv­ing par­ent to have the care of chil­dren after the death of the res­i­den­tial par­ent. On the death of a res­i­den­tial par­ent the par­ent­ing order that spec­i­fies that the chil­dren would live with them ceas­es. Most par­ents have joint parental respon­si­bil­i­ty, so it is…