We are pleased to announce the recog­ni­tion of key mem­bers of our Prop­er­ty & Real Estate team.

Mary Digiglio has been recog­nised in the 2026 Doyles guide rank­ing in both:

Tony D’Agosti­no has been recog­nised in the 2026 Doyles guide ranking: 

Madeleine Lip­man has been recog­nised in the 2026 Doyles guide ranking: 

Swaab Prop­er­ty Team has has been recog­nised in the 2026 Doyles guide ranking:

These recog­ni­tions reflect the strength and depth of our fir­m’s exper­tise across the entire prop­er­ty and leas­ing team and rein­forces the firm’s strong rep­u­ta­tion in this prac­tice area.

Final­ly, a spe­cial con­grat­u­la­tions goes to Mad­die, who has been named as one of only sev­en Ris­ing Stars, an excep­tion­al achieve­ment and a tes­ta­ment to her tal­ent and ded­i­ca­tion. Mad­die is an out­stand­ing lawyer, a gen­er­ous men­tor, and an absolute delight to have in the team. Both Mary and Tony are incred­i­bly proud of her and the whole team.

If you would like to repub­lish this arti­cle, it is gen­er­al­ly approved, but pri­or to doing so please con­tact the Mar­ket­ing team at marketing@​swaab.​com.​au. This arti­cle is not legal advice and the views and com­ments are of a gen­er­al nature only. This arti­cle is not to be relied upon in sub­sti­tu­tion for detailed legal advice.

Publications

More AI Slop in the Fair Work Juris­dic­tion: The Fight Back

In two recent cas­es both the Fair Work Com­mis­sion (FWC) and Fed­er­al Cir­cuit and Fam­i­ly Court of Aus­tralia (FCF­CoA) have…

NSW Build­ing (Approvals and Prac­ti­tion­ers) Bill 2026 Pass­es Parliament

The Build­ing (Approvals and Prac­ti­tion­ers) Bill 2026 (the Bill) passed through Par­lia­ment on Tues­day after­noon 4 August 2026. The Bill is…

AI Slop v Fair Work Com­mis­sion: The Scourge Continues

For all the talk of how extra­or­di­nary and trans­for­ma­tive arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence (AI) can sup­pos­ed­ly be, it con­tin­ues to be a scourge…

In the News

Michael Byrnes appeared on the Lawyers Week­ly Show pod­cast with Jerome Doraisamy released on 27 August 2026 to dis­cuss work­place law, social media use, and gen­er­a­tional attitudes

“Work­place law, social media use, and gen­er­a­tional atti­tudes” explores how social media, work­place rights, and chang­ing gen­er­a­tional expec­ta­tions are reshap­ing…

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, “‘A bad career deci­sion’: Inside the fall­out from Tik­Tok grad­u­ate fir­ing” pub­lished in Lawyers Week­ly on 26 August 2026

Pro­fes­sion­al con­se­quences faced by an Aus­tralian grad­u­ate lawyer whose Tik­Tok activ­i­ty led to dis­missal, spark­ing indus­try-wide debate about social media use.Michael…

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, Busi­ness­es demand new pow­ers after worker’s hope­less’ AI claim costs employ­er”, pub­lished in the Aus­tralian on 23 August 2026

Busi­ness­es want new pow­ers because AI-assist­ed employ­ee claims are increas­ing the num­ber of weak or inac­cu­rate work­place com­plaints, forc­ing employ­ers…

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