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IBA Pres­i­den­tial Task Force Report on Men­tal Well­be­ing in the Legal Pro­fes­sion 2021

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Defec­tive Build­ings & The Cladding Cri­sis — Webinar 

Helen Kow­al – Part­ner, will be pre­sent­ing as part of an expert pan­el in a webi­nar host­ed by Mec­ca Events on: Defec­tive Build­ings & The Cladding Crisis. Date and time Tue, 23 Novem­ber 2021, 5:00 PM – 7:30 PM AEDT To reg­is­ter click here…

Manda­to­ry Work­place Vac­ci­na­tion: A Major Test Case Is Imminent

A dis­pute that is shap­ing up to be a sig­nif­i­cant test case deal­ing with the right of employ­ers to direct employ­ees to be vac­ci­nat­ed against COVID-19 is to be heard lat­er this month by the Fair Work Commission. The case, Con­struc­tion, Forestry, Mar­itime, Min­ing and Ener­gy Union (105N) & Mr Matthew Howard v Mt…

We Are Hiring

We have a rare oppor­tu­ni­ty for a Plan­ning & Envi­ron­ment Lawyer 2 — 5 years’ PQE as a solic­i­tor, to work under the guid­ance of a Doyle’s rec­om­mend­ed Part­ner and a Doyle’s Ris­ing Star Senior Asso­ciate in our well-respect­ed Plan­ning team.  We are also look­ing for a bright, moti­vat­ed, client focused, expe­ri­enced Lawyer with min­i­mum 2 — 3 years PQE…

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the article,“Should employ­ers pay for lawyers’ util­i­ties bills?” Pub­lished in Lawyers Week­ly, 23 Novem­ber 2021

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the article,“Should employ­ers pay for lawyers’ util­i­ties bills?” Pub­lished in Lawyers Week­ly, 23 Novem­ber 2021 To read the full arti­cle click here…

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Essen­tial HR tips for con­duct­ing a police check”, pub­lished in HRM Online on 23 Novem­ber 2021

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Essen­tial HR tips for con­duct­ing a police check”, pub­lished in HRM Online on 23 Novem­ber 2021 To read the full arti­cle click here…

Michael Hayter appeared last night on the ABC News 7.30 Report, in an exten­sive inter­view on the need for stronger enforce­ment in the pre-insol­ven­cy industry

Michael Hayter appeared last night on the ABC News 7.30 Report, in an exten­sive inter­view on the need for stronger enforce­ment in the pre-insol­ven­cy indus­try. The inter­view relates to the cir­cum­stances in which two pre-insol­ven­cy advi­sors and a direc­tor were con­vict­ed of var­i­ous offens­es and received prison sen­tences after Michael Hayter…

Michael Hayter is quot­ed in The Syd­ney Morn­ing Her­ald in the Fed­er­al Court Case of miss­ing fraud­ster Melis­sa Caddick

Michael Hayter who is rep­re­sent­ing the court-appoint­ed Liq­uida­tors said, ​“I have been instruct­ed to imme­di­ate­ly issue notices”. Mr Hayter said the notices had been sent to Ms Caddick’s fam­i­ly mem­bers on Wednes­day after­noon fol­low­ing the pub­li­ca­tion of Fed­er­al Court Jus­tice Brigitte Markovic’s judgment. To read the full SMH arti­cle click here…

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Work­ers’ comp claims expect­ed to cost gov­ern­ment $638m”, pub­lished in Lawyers Week­ly on 26 Novem­ber 2021

Michael Byrnes isquot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Work­ers’ comp claims expect­ed to cost gov­ern­ment $638m”, pub­lished in Lawyers Week­ly on 26 Novem­ber 2021 Since the begin­ning of the pan­dem­ic, there have been over 3,000 COVID-19-relat­ed work­ers’ com­pen­sa­tion claims across the coun­try – result­ing in updat­ed WHS poli­cies becom­ing vital­ly impor­tant for businesses. Read…

Con­grat­u­la­tions to our Fam­i­ly Law team and key mem­bers, Annette Wil­son — Part­ner, Greg Park­er — Part­ner and Ryan Gan­non — Senior Asso­ciate, for being recog­nised in the 2022 Lead­ing Lawyers Doyles Guide

Swaab Fam­i­ly Law team – Rec­om­mend­ed Lead­ing Fam­i­ly & Divorce Law Firms, Syd­ney, 2022 Greg Park­er - Rec­om­mend­ed Lead­ing Fam­i­ly & Divorce Lawyers, Syd­ney, 2022 plus Rec­om­mend­ed Lead­ing Par­ent­ing & Chil­dren Mat­ters Lawyers, NSW 2022 Annette Wil­son — Rec­om­mend­ed Lead­ing Par­ent­ing & Chil­dren Mat­ters Lawyers, NSW 2022 Ryan Gan­non - Fam­i­ly Law Ris­ing Stars, New South Wales, 202…

‘Tis the Sea­son to Avoid Fol­ly: Work­place Christ­mas Par­ties (COVID-19 Edi­tion 2021)

It’s that time of year. The ​‘Sil­ly Sea­son’. For many organ­i­sa­tions, the offi­cial employ­er Christ­mas par­ty is immi­nent. But this year, 2021, it’s with a dif­fer­ence. Employ­er Christ­mas par­ties will be held against the back­drop of the ongo­ing glob­al COVID-19 pan­dem­ic, includ­ing the new­ly emerg­ing Omi­cron variant. The start­ing point for such…

Con­grat­u­la­tions to the Mer­i­tas mem­ber firm Robin­son Gray for win­ning the Mer­i­tas ​“Chal­lenge from the Chair: T‑shirt Design Contest.”

Con­grat­u­la­tions to the Mer­i­tas mem­ber firm Robin­son Gray for win­ning the Mer­i­tas ​“Chal­lenge from the Chair: T‑shirt Design Con­test.” The t‑shirt our Man­ag­ing Part­ner — Mary Digiglio is wear­ing, fea­tures the win­ning design — One World / One Team #Team­Mer­i­tas. …

Michael Byrnes dis­cussed work­place Christ­mas par­ties with John Stan­ley on 2GB and 4BC on 3 Decem­ber 2021 (from 1:05:45)

Michael Byrnes dis­cussed work­place Christ­mas par­ties with John Stan­ley on 2GB and 4BC on 3 Decem­ber 2021 (from 1:05:45) To lis­ten to the inter­view click here…

Manda­to­ry Work­place Vac­ci­na­tion: Full Bench of the FWC Decides Test Case

The Full Bench of the Fair Work Com­mis­sion has hand­ed down its deci­sion in a sig­nif­i­cant test case deal­ing with the right of employ­ers to direct employ­ees to be vac­ci­nat­ed against COVID-19. The case, Con­struc­tion, Forestry, Mar­itime, Min­ing and Ener­gy Union & Mr Matthew Howard v Mt Arthur Coal Pty Ltd T/A Mt Arthur Coal…

Swaab host­ed the Fam­i­ly Busi­ness Aus­tralia (FBA) NSW Cel­e­brate: End of Year Net­work­ing Event 2021

Angela Har­vey and Swaab were once again hon­oured to host the annu­al Fam­i­ly Busi­ness Aus­tralia (FBA) NSW Cel­e­brate: End of Year Net­work­ing Event.  This event has become one of the most pop­u­lar and antic­i­pat­ed in the NSW calendar.  2021 has shown that fam­i­ly busi­ness­es have once again been resilient and per­se­vered in…