Swaab Part­ners, Michael Hayter, Marc Bad­dams, Ger­ald Carides and Nick Dale host­ed Swaab’s Annu­al Insol­ven­cy, Financier & Com­mer­cial Drinks

Each year Swaab’s Insol­ven­cy, Financier and Com­mer­cial team hosts an indus­try wide net­work­ing func­tion. The event sees insol­ven­cy prac­ti­tion­ers, accoun­tants, com­mer­cial lenders, busi­ness advi­sors, asset val­uers and bar­ris­ters come togeth­er to enjoy an evening of net­work­ing with like-mind­ed peers, indus­try col­leagues and to make valu­able con­nec­tions. All while enjoy­ing Swaab’s gen­eros­i­ty of spirit.

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Publications

No Appor­tion­ment for Sec­tion 37 DBP Act Claims even where the alleged con­cur­rent wrong­do­er is not a sub­con­trac­tor of the builder:

Kapi­la v Mon­u­ment Build­ing Group Pty Ltd [2025] NSWSC 1306 con­firms that builders and nom­i­nat­ed super­vi­sors can be held ful­ly liable…

Tem­po­rary Dis­con­for­mi­ty in Build­ing Defects: Myth, Not Law

The ​“tem­po­rary dis­con­for­mi­ty” argu­ment in con­struc­tion dis­putes sug­gests that defec­tive work iden­ti­fied before prac­ti­cal com­ple­tion is not a breach while the…

The impor­tance of a Request for Tender

Issu­ing a request for ten­der (RFT) is more than just secur­ing the best or low­est price. An RFT is your oppor­tu­ni­ty to man­age…

In the News

The legal­i­ty of the Mar­ried at First Sight dis­missals”, pub­lished in HR Leader on 17 April 2026, Michael Byrnes is quoted.

Employ­ment issues sur­faced in this year’s sea­son of real­i­ty TV show Mar­ried at First Sight (MAFS), with rumours emerg­ing that…

Legal Essen­tials for Off Site Con­struc­tion | UNSW Sydney

A two-day con­struc­tion law short course equip­ping con­struc­tion and legal pro­fes­sion­als with the pro­cure­ment, reg­u­la­to­ry and dis­pute exper­tise required to…

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, We asked a lawyer to unpack Jack­ie O’s $82m case, and where it could land for ARN and Kyle”, pub­lished in Medi­aweek on 9 April 2026

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“We asked a lawyer to unpack Jack­ie O’s $82m case, and where it could…

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