Portrait photograph of Lynn Hawes
Lynn Hawes
Senior Associate
Portrait photograph of Mary Digiglio
Mary Digiglio
Managing Partner

We are pleased to announce the appoint­ment of a new Senior Asso­ciate with­in our key prac­tice groups of Stra­ta & Con­struc­tion and Prop­er­ty, Plan­ning & Projects. 

Wel­come, Lynne Hawes - Senior Asso­ciate, Prop­er­ty, Plan­ning & Projects and Stra­ta & Construction.

“This appoint­ment comes at an impor­tant time in our fir­m’s ongo­ing growth with­in the Stra­ta & Con­struc­tion and Prop­er­ty, Plan­ning & Projects sec­tors. Lyn­n’s exten­sive exper­tise, expe­ri­ence, and capa­bil­i­ties will enhance both our Stra­ta & Con­struc­tion and Prop­er­ty, Plan­ning & Projects teams, enabling us to remain ahead of the curve in meet­ing our clients’ needs. Ensur­ing we deliv­er unpar­al­leled val­ue for mon­ey and qual­i­ty of ser­vice, with our hall­mark of Gen­eros­i­ty of Spir­it and ded­i­ca­tion to the Swaab Brand of Ser­vice,” said Mary Digiglio, Man­ag­ing Part­ner at Swaab.

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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

We wel­comed trainee lawyer from Ger­many through Mer­i­tas network

Ear­li­er this year we wel­comed trainee lawyer Char­lotte Schnitzen­baumer from Munich-based law firm GvW Graf von West­phalen for a three‑month inter­na­tion­al…

Michael Byrnes appeared on the Game Chang­ers Radio pod­cast host­ed by Craig Bruce and Irene Hulme on 27 March 2026 to dis­cuss the First Case Man­age­ment Hear­ing in the pro­ceed­ings brought by Kyle Sandi­lands against ARN

Michael Byrnes appeared on the Game Chang­ers Radio pod­cast host­ed by Craig Bruce and Irene Hulme on 27 March 202…

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Five more Kyle ques­tions answered: Would ARN have to pay a lump sum?”, pub­lished in Mum­brel­la on 25 March 2026

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Five more Kyle ques­tions answered: Would ARN have to pay a lump sum?”, pub­lished…

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