Portrait photograph of Carly Lennan
Carly Lennan
Senior Associate

We are pleased to announce the pro­mo­tion of Kat­ri­na Seck to the role of Spe­cial Coun­sel in our Employ­ment & WHS team and Car­ly Lennan to the role of Senior Asso­ciate in our Prop­er­ty, Plan­ning and Projects team, effec­tive 1 July 2022

Kat­ri­na has been with the firm since Jan­u­ary 2021, spe­cial­is­ing in Employ­ment and Work Health & Safe­ty law along­side part­ner Michael Byrnes. While Car­ly has been with the firm since May 2017, spe­cial­is­ing in com­plex prop­er­ty and leas­ing work with­in the Prop­er­ty, Plan­ning and Projects team along­side part­ner Mary Digiglio. 

Both pro­mo­tions recog­nis­e Katri­na’s and Car­ly’s excel­lent legal skills cou­pled with their desire to pro­vide excep­tion­al client ser­vice. As valu­able parts to our Employ­ment & WHS team and Project, Plan­ning & Projects team, we look for­ward to con­tin­u­ing to recog­nis­e them as they devel­op and grow as senior practitioners.

Con­grat­u­la­tions Kat­ri­na and Carly.

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Publications

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…

More Changes for Stra­ta — effec­tive 1 April 2026

The Fair Trad­ing and Build­ing Leg­is­la­tion Amend­ment Bill 2026 was passed by par­lia­ment dur­ing Feb­ru­ary 2026 with the changes effec­tive on…

In the News

Michael Byrnes quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Five legal ques­tions about Jack­ie Henderson’s law­suit against ARN answered”, pub­lished in Mum­brel­la on 2 April 2026

Michael Byrnes quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Five legal ques­tions about Jack­ie Henderson’s law­suit against ARN answered”, pub­lished in Mum­brel­la on…

Michael Byrnes appeared on the Game Chang­ers Radio pod­cast host­ed by Craig Bruce and Irene Hulme on 31 March 2026 to dis­cuss the legal pro­ceed­ings com­menced by Jack­ie ​‘O’ Hen­der­son against ARN

Michael Byrnes appeared on the Game Chang­ers Radio pod­cast host­ed by Craig Bruce and Irene Hulme on 31 March 202…

Michael Byrnes appeared on McK­night Tonight with Robert McK­night on 31 March 2026 to dis­cuss the legal pro­ceed­ings com­menced by Jack­ie ​‘O’ Hen­der­son against ARN (from 6:05 to 37:30)

Michael Byrnes appeared on McK­night Tonight with Robert McK­night on 31 March 2026 to dis­cuss the legal pro­ceed­ings com­menced by…

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