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

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

Michael Byrnes appeared on the Game Chang­ers Radio pod­cast host­ed by Craig Bruce and Irene Hulme on 24 April 2026 to dis­cuss the Fed­er­al Court case man­age­ment hear­ing in the sep­a­rate legal pro­ceed­ings com­menced by Kyle Sandi­lands and Jack­ie ​‘O’ Henderson

Michael Byrnes appeared on the Game Chang­ers Radio pod­cast host­ed by Craig Bruce and Irene Hulme on 24 April 202…

2026 Mer­i­tas Women’s Lead­er­ship Award, Return­er of the Year | Sarah Heuvel

Sarah Heuv­el, a Part­ner in our Prop­er­ty & Com­mer­cial team, has been recog­nised with a Mer­i­tas Women’s Lead­er­ship Award for her con­tri­bu­tion to…

Michael Byrnes appeared on the Game Chang­ers Radio pod­cast host­ed by Craig Bruce and Irene Hulme on 22 April 2026 to dis­cuss the lat­est devel­op­ments in the legal pro­ceed­ings com­menced by Kyle Sandi­lands against ARN

Michael Byrnes appeared on the Game Chang­ers Radio pod­cast host­ed by Craig Bruce and Irene Hulme on 22 April 202…

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