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Gotcha4Life Foun­da­tion fundrais­er at Swaab

Part­ner, Helen Kow­al and Head of Peo­ple and Cul­ture, Angela Sharpe and a team of helpers host­ed the Gotcha4Life Foun­da­tion fundrais­er at Swaab on Sat­ur­day night. Our staff, fam­i­lies and friends had a fan­tas­tic evening with plen­ty of danc­ing, thanks to the Dow Jones & the All Ordi­nar­ies. Every­one who attend­ed did their…

Tour de Cure Spring Lunch | Swaab hosts two tables

Swaab part­ners Julie Briscoe (Tour de Cure Board mem­ber), Nick Dale, Ger­ald Carides, Matt Cole and Con­sul­tant Col­in Skel­ton host­ed 2 tables at this year’s Tour de Cure Spring Lunch held at the Hyatt Regency on 20 Octo­ber 2022. Tour de Cure were thrilled to raise just over $1m on the…

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“HR reacts to the fed­er­al bud­get, views from HR tech and work­place rela­tions spe­cial­ists”, pub­lished in HR Leader on 26 Octo­ber 2022

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“HR reacts to the fed­er­al bud­get, views from HR tech and work­place rela­tions spe­cial­ists”, pub­lished in HR Leader on 26 Octo­ber 2022 To read the full arti­cle click here…

Press Release | New Part­ner Appoint­ment for Swaab

Matthew Cole — Part­ner, Plan­ning & Envi­ron­ment Law, spe­cialis­es in all aspects of plan­ning and envi­ron­men­tal law hav­ing advised lead­ing ASX list­ed com­pa­nies, small to medi­um devel­op­ers, gov­ern­ment agen­cies and politicians. “This senior appoint­ment comes at a strate­gic time in the fir­m’s con­tin­ued growth jour­ney, par­tic­u­lar­ly in the Prop­er­ty, Plan­ning and Projects…

Press Release | Two New Solic­i­tor Appoint­ments for Swaab

Poo­ja Kapur — Solic­i­tor, who joins Michael Byrnes and the Employ­ment, Work­place Rela­tions and WHS team and William Clement — Solic­i­tor, who joins Marc Bad­dams and the Lit­i­ga­tion team. They join Swaab at a time when both prac­tice groups are under going high lev­els of growth and client demand. …

Part­ner, Ger­ald Carides and Para­le­gal, Renee Hinkel­bein attend the Bendi­go Cup 2022

Part­ner, Ger­ald Carides and Para­le­gal, Renee Hinkel­bein were invit­ed by Sand­hurst Trustees / Bendi­go and Ade­laide Bank to attend the Bendi­go Cup 2022 in Vic­to­ria last Wednes­day. A spe­cial thank you to Sandhurst/​Bendigo and to their val­ued part­ners Kevin Cheong, Dar­ren Smith, Jar­rod Logan and Jack Gra­ham – from Bal­main for the…

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​‘Far more bark than bite’: Unpack­ing non-dis­par­age­ment and non-dis­clo­sure claus­es, pub­lished in Lawyers Week­ly on 1 Novem­ber 2022:

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​‘Far more bark than bite’: Unpack­ing non-dis­par­age­ment and non-dis­clo­sure claus­es, pub­lished in Lawyers Week­ly on 1 Novem­ber 2022: To read the full arti­cle click here…

Paid Fam­i­ly and Domes­tic Vio­lence Leave – Amend­ments to the NES under the Fair Work Act

The Albanese Labor Gov­ern­ment has ful­filled a promise made pri­or to the elec­tion to imple­ment a change to employ­ment laws which will assist vic­tims of fam­i­ly and domes­tic violence.  As a result of this change, which was passed by Fed­er­al Par­lia­ment on 27 Octo­ber 2022, employ­ees will now, under the Nation­al Employ­ment Stan­dards, be…

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, “ ​‘Twitter’s poten­tial­ly ​‘sig­nif­i­cant’ issues in mass lay-offs of Aussie staff”, pub­lished in Lawyers Week­ly on 8 Novem­ber 2022:

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, “ ​‘Twitter’s poten­tial­ly ​‘sig­nif­i­cant’ issues in mass lay-offs of Aussie staff”, pub­lished in Lawyers Week­ly on 8 Novem­ber 2022 To read the full arti­cle click here…

‘Tis the Sea­son to Avoid Fol­ly: Work­place Christ­mas Par­ties (2022 Edition)

It’s that time of year. The ​‘Sil­ly Sea­son’. For many organ­i­sa­tions, the offi­cial employ­er Christ­mas par­ty is immi­nent. The events for this year, 2022, will be the first for three years in which the COVID-19 pan­dem­ic won’t be a sig­nif­i­cant factor.  The start­ing point for office Christ­mas par­ties is that they are…

Are Prenups the height of romance? Rethink­ing Bind­ing Finan­cial Agreements

When peo­ple think about ​‘romance’, they tend to imag­ine things like can­dle­light, flow­ers, oys­ters, cham­pagne. Well, con­trary to pop­u­lar belief, I believe that Bind­ing Finan­cial Agree­ments should be bumped up the list. Whilst the ​‘brand­ing’ of BFA’s may need a lit­tle mar­ket­ing rework, they are, at their core, a deeply lov­ing and roman­tic document…

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​‘The Respect at Work Bill has passed: What does this mean for HR?’, pub­lished in HR Leader on 29 Novem­ber 2022

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​‘The Respect at Work Bill has passed: What does this mean for HR?’, pub­lished in HR Leader on 29 Novem­ber 2022 To read the full arti­cle click here…

Michael Byrnes appeared on Nights with John Stan­ley on 2GB & 4BC on 30 Nov 22 to dis­cuss the legal aspects of work­place Christ­mas par­ties (from 1:50:55 to 2:00:00)

Michael Byrnes appeared on Nights with John Stan­ley on 2GB & 4BC on 30 Nov 22 to dis­cuss the legal aspects of work­place Christ­mas parties  To lis­ten to the inter­view click here (from 1:50:55 to 2:00:00)…

Con­grat­u­la­tions to Greg Park­er, Ryan Gan­non & the Fam­i­ly Law team for being recog­nised in Doyles Guide 2023

Con­grat­u­la­tions to: Greg Park­er for being recog­nised as a Lead­ing Par­ent­ing Lawyer 2023, click hereRyan Gan­non as a Fam­i­ly Law Ris­ing Stars, 2023, click here Swaab’s Fam­i­ly Law team a Lead­ing Syd­ney Fam­i­ly & Divorce Law Firms, click here…

2022 End of Year Black & White Ball | Swaab

Each year Swaab’s Social Com­mit­tee find ways to out­do them­selves organ­is­ing the fir­m’s end of year par­ty. This year was no dif­fer­ent, as they put on a Black & White themed ball, at the lux­u­ri­ous Inter­Con­ti­nen­tal Syd­ney Hotel at Cir­cu­lar Quay. Staff and part­ners enjoyed a three course meal, live enter­tain­ment and danced…