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Legal­wise Sem­i­nar | Law for Archi­tects: Con­tracts, Plan­ning & Disputes

A link to the full pro­gram of events can be found here. The pro­gram has been devel­oped for archi­tects specif­i­cal­ly around the new Design and Build­ing Prac­ti­tion­ers Act 2020 (which came into effect last Thurs­day 11 June 2020).Helen’s pre­sen­ta­tion will cov­er the fol­low­ing areas:How did the Draft Bill come about?What does it mean for…

Inter­view | Con­struc­tion com­pa­nies must avoid cost­ly legal disputes

Helen shares insights and strate­gies on how to avoid dis­putes. You can find the full inter­view ​‘here’. …

Spe­cial Announce­ment | we’re mov­ing to lev­el 4

Wel­come to the ​‘Sky Level’Since ear­ly 2020, we have been under­tak­ing our office refur­bish­ment project with the aim to pro­vide an enhanced client ser­vice expe­ri­ence and to facil­i­tate the growth of our firm. It was impor­tant to us that our new offices reflect our val­ues, pro­mote our com­mit­ment to the Swaab Brand…

Press Release – Swaab and Hard­ings Lawyers integration

Both Swaab and Hard­ings Lawyers share sev­er­al core areas of exper­tise and indus­try sec­tor expe­ri­ence, which inspired the integration. “This project was dri­ven by a desire to fur­ther devel­op our domes­tic and inter­na­tion­al legal ser­vice offer­ing through an align­ment which make sense strate­gi­cal­ly and feels good cul­tur­al­ly. Hard­ings Lawyers and Swaab…

The NSW Con­struc­tion Indus­try – where are we at in 2020?

No-one could have antic­i­pat­ed the impact that so many unre­lat­ed, but col­lid­ing events, has had on all indus­try sec­tors through­out Aus­tralia in 2020. Whilst the long-term eco­nom­ic impact of these events on the con­struc­tion indus­try is unknown, this indus­try is one sec­tor which has been able to con­tin­ue work­ing, even…

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Rebec­ca Priem

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Michael Byrnes dis­cuss­es the Dyson Hey­don mat­ter and sex­u­al harass­ment with John Stan­ley on 2GB

Michael Byrnes dis­cuss­es the Dyson Hey­don mat­ter and sex­u­al harass­ment in the legal pro­fes­sion and work­places gen­er­al­ly with John Stan­ley on 2GB, 2CC and 4BC on 29 June 2020 (from 1:32:25). To lis­ten to the pod­cast click here…

Swaab Con­nect | May 2020

We bring you the sec­ond install­ment of our Swaab Con­nect COVID-19 edi­tion as we aim to pro­vide you with a sum­ma­ry of our alerts, updates and pub­li­ca­tions to date, as well as pro­vide some insight on the effect of COVID-19 on Fam­i­ly, Prop­er­ty, Employ­ment Law and more…

Swaab announces Senior Asso­ciate promotion

The pro­mo­tion recog­nis­es Sean’s excel­lent legal skills cou­pled with his desire to pro­vide excep­tion­al client ser­vice and an invalu­able part of the fir­m’s lit­i­ga­tion team — we look for­ward to recog­nis­ing him in the mar­ket­place as an expe­ri­enced senior prac­ti­tion­er as he con­tin­ues those efforts.Con­grat­u­la­tions Sean…

Your web­site users can expose you to copy­right infringe­ment — By Eric Ziehlke — June 2020

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Hard­ings Lawyers inte­grate with Swaab

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COVID-19 | Fair Work Com­mis­sion con­sid­ers fac­tors impact­ing redun­dan­cy payouts

In four (relat­ed) cas­es, the Fair Work Com­mis­sion (FWC) recent­ly ruled in favour of an employ­er by reduc­ing the redun­dan­cy pay­outs owed to four of its employees. These four cas­es, Hyper­Life Pty Ltd t/​a Acme Pre­stonv v Kel­ly Bren­nan [2020] FWC 3080, Hyper­Life Pty Ltd t/​a Acme Pre­ston v Erin Black [2020] 3081…

An intro­duc­tion to tem­po­rary changes affect­ing busi­ness­es in Aus­tralia & New Zealand

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Mer­i­tas — An Intro­duc­tion to Tem­po­rary Changes Affect­ing Busi­ness­es in Aus­tralia and New Zealand

Look­ing for busi­ness and legal guid­ance regard­ing COVID-19 updates and pro­grams in Aus­tralia & New Zealand? This doc­u­ment has cov­er­age across the region with mem­ber firms who are here to assist. Please vis­it any of the COVID-19 resource mate­ri­als for more com­pre­hen­sive updates.  View here…