We are pleased to announce that Nathan Davies — Head of IT Swaab, has been recog­nised as the 2024 Lawtech IT Leader of Year Small Firm.

The Annu­al Lawtech Sum­mit is the net­work­ing and edu­ca­tion­al forum for many of the Top & Mid-Tier Law firm’s CIO’s from across Aus­tralia & NZ. The Chilli IQ Lawtech Sum­mit and Awards’ has con­sis­tent­ly, over the last 18 years earned its title as the lead­ing legal tech­nol­o­gy event of Australia.

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Publications

Land­lords Beware: New Tobac­co Laws Could Mean Heavy Fines and Even Gaol Time

How Do New Tobac­co Laws Affect Land­lords in NSW?This year the NSW State Gov­ern­ment is crack­ing down on the sale of…

When is entry into a lot with­out the lot own­er’s con­sent per­mit­ted to car­ry out repair work to com­mon prop­er­ty? When there is an emergency

When is entry into a lot with­out the lot own­er’s con­sent per­mit­ted to car­ry out repair work to com­mon prop­er­ty? When…

A Short Sto­ry about Bullying

In the recent Fair Work Com­mis­sion deci­sion of Appli­ca­tion by Gary Whitham [2026] FWC 3322, Deputy Pres­i­dent Col­man gave short…

In the News

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Sav­ing your lunch break for the end of the day? Here’s what HR has to say”, pub­lished in HR Leader on 15 Octo­ber 2026.

Can an employ­ee legal­ly save their lunch break until the end of the work­day and leave ear­ly, and what do…

Michael Byrnes appeared on McK­night Tonight with Robert McK­night on 6 Octo­ber 2026 to dis­cuss the lat­est devel­op­ments in the Jack­ie ​‘O’ Hen­der­son v ARN case (from 5:40 to 20:00)

What hap­pened to the Jack­ie O and ARN court case, and why did the Fed­er­al Court hear­ing col­lapse in OctoberMichael Byrnes appeared…

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, “ ​‘You can’t force new con­tracts on employ­ees’ ”, pub­lished in TV Black­box on 4 Octo­ber 2026

Can an employ­er force employ­ees to sign a new employ­ment con­tract if they don’t agree to the changes?Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in…

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