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Angela Har­vey recog­nised in Doyles Guide 2021

As part of the Estate Plan­ning and Wealth Man­age­ment prac­tice, Ange­la’s expe­ri­ence includes asset pro­tec­tion, trusts, suc­ces­sion plan­ning, analysing estab­lished struc­tures, con­test­ed estates — includ­ing fam­i­ly pro­vi­sion mat­ters, fam­i­ly asset arrange­ments, and prepa­ra­tion of Wills, Pow­ers of Attor­ney and Endur­ing Guardian documents. Con­grat­u­la­tions Angela…

Michael Byrnes dis­cussed manda­to­ry work­place Covid-19 vac­ci­na­tion with John Stan­ley on 2GB and 4BC, 13 Sep­tem­ber 2021

Michael Byrnes dis­cussed manda­to­ry work­place Covid-19 vac­ci­na­tion with John Stan­ley on 2GB and 4BC on 13 Sep­tem­ber 2021.You can lis­ten to the radio pod­cast here…

Con­struc­tion Sites to Return to Full Capac­i­ty from 27 Sep­tem­ber 2021

Con­struc­tion Sites to Return to Full Capac­i­ty from 27 Sep­tem­ber 2021  Since 19 July 2021, NSW Con­struc­tion sites have either been shut down or faced restric­tions on the amount of per­sons eli­gi­ble to attend sites to per­form con­struc­tion relat­ed work and activ­i­ty. Cur­rent­ly, if the Con­struc­tion site is in an LGA…

Michael Byrnes appeared on the 2GB pod­cast The Sig­nal to dis­cuss manda­to­ry work­place vac­ci­na­tion on 23 Sep­tem­ber 2021 (from 17:35)

Michael Byrnes appeared on the 2GB pod­cast The Sig­nal to dis­cuss manda­to­ry work­place vac­ci­na­tion on 23 Sep­tem­ber 2021 (from 17:35) To lis­ten to the pod­cast click here…

Michael Byrnes con­tributed to the arti­cle, ​“Soon you’ll need to be vac­ci­nat­ed to enjoy shops, cafes and events but what about the staff there?”, which appears in The Con­ver­sa­tion on 23 Sep­tem­ber 2021

Michael Byrnes con­tributed to the arti­cle, ​“Soon you’ll need to be vac­ci­nat­ed to enjoy shops, cafes and events — but what about the staff there?”, writ­ten by Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor Hol­ly Seale, which appears in The Con­ver­sa­tion on 23 Sep­tem­ber 2021.To read the full arti­cle click here…

Why Fam­i­ly Law duty of dis­clo­sure is now a very seri­ous business

Par­ties involved in Fam­i­ly Law pro­ceed­ings have a new rea­son to think very care­ful­ly about what infor­ma­tion they must dis­close to the oth­er par­ty, and when. From 1 Sep­tem­ber 2021 there are much harsh­er penal­ties for par­ties who fail to meet the Court stan­dard for dis­clos­ing ​“infor­ma­tion rel­e­vant to an issue in the…

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle “‘Incensed’ employ­ee who didn’t see ter­mi­na­tion email can chal­lenge dis­missal” pub­lished in HRM Online on 30 Sep­tem­ber 2021.

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle “‘Incensed’ employ­ee who didn’t see ter­mi­na­tion email can chal­lenge dis­missal” pub­lished in HRM Online on 30 Sep­tem­ber 2021.To read the full arti­cle click here…

Who is respon­si­ble for pay­ing expens­es after separation?

Need­less to say, sep­a­ra­tion is a stress­ful time where you and your for­mer part­ner are both adjust­ing to a ​‘new nor­mal’. Nav­i­gat­ing the ​‘new nor­mal’ can be chal­leng­ing, par­tic­u­lar­ly when it comes to mak­ing arrange­ments for the pay­ment of expens­es. One ques­tion we often hear is ​“who is respon­si­ble for pay­ing…

Restraints of trade: lessons for real estate agents

Their for­mer employ­er sought inter­locu­to­ry injunc­tions restrain­ing our clients from work­ing in their new jobs. The deci­sion is high­ly sig­nif­i­cant because it inter­prets aspects of indus­try stan­dard employ­ment con­tracts for real estate agents, and rein­forces an ear­li­er deci­sion from 2020 involv­ing the same con­trac­tu­al claus­es. The deci­sion also reit­er­ates that…

Covid-19 Vac­ci­na­tions for chil­dren – What hap­pens if you and the oth­er par­ent can­not agree?

As NSW hits the 70% vac­ci­na­tion mark and we get clos­er to return­ing to the life we knew before the out­break of COVID-19, one par­tic­u­lar issue con­tin­ues to rear its head in par­ent­ing disputes. As it present­ly stands, the Aus­tralian Gov­ern­ment has ​“strong­ly encour­aged” every­one aged 12 years and old­er to get…

2021 Mer­i­tas ​‘Elite’ Law Firm Network

Cham­bers out­lines the exact­ing cri­te­ria for ​‘Elite’ net­works in their com­men­tary for the 2021 guide: “In the Elite cat­e­go­ry of the Lead­ing Law Firm Net­works sec­tion, the rank­ings focus on the most impres­sive inde­pen­dent law firm net­works worldwide. The chief cri­te­ri­on for a lead­ing legal net­work, is that the mem­ber firms are inde­pen­dent…

Michael Byrnes appeared on Morn­ings with Hen­ry Bretz on ABC North Queens­land on 14 Octo­ber 2021 to dis­cuss the High Court deci­sion in Ridd v James Cook University

Michael Byrnes appeared on Morn­ings with Hen­ry Bretz on ABC North Queens­land on 14 Octo­ber 2021 to dis­cuss the High Court deci­sion in Ridd v James Cook Uni­ver­si­ty (from 32:55):To lis­ten click here…

2021 Meritas DE&I Survey

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The IBA Pres­i­den­tial Task­force on Men­tal Well­be­ing in the Legal Pro­fes­sion 2021

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The Inter­na­tion­al Bar Asso­ci­a­tion (IBA) today released its first glob­al sur­vey on Men­tal Well­be­ing in the Legal Profession

Work­ing with the IBA Legal Pol­i­cy & Research Unit team led by Sara Carnegie and George Art­ley, inter­na­tion­al sur­veys were con­duct­ed. A team of experts from every con­ti­nent was assem­bled. This report is the result of those efforts. With key find­ings, and the rec­om­men­da­tions of exist­ing reports and stud­ies into lawyer well­be­ing from…