Portrait photograph of Mary Digiglio
Mary Digiglio
Managing Partner

A sur­vey from glob­al law alliance Mer­i­tas, asked 200 employess at Mer­i­tas mem­ber firms about their work life, expe­ri­ences with depres­sion and anxiety. 

Man­ag­ing Part­ner of Swaab and chair of the Mer­i­tas Aus­tralian and New Zealand region­al com­mit­tee Mary Digiglio com­ments on the cap­ti­vat­ing results.

To view the arti­cle click here or to view the sur­vey report click on the down­load below.

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

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 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…

Michael Byrnes appeared on the Game Chang­ers Radio pod­cast host­ed by Craig Bruce and Irene Hulme on 25 March 2026 to dis­cuss devel­op­ments in the legal pro­ceed­ings brought by Kyle Sandi­lands against ARN.

Michael Byrnes appeared on the Game Chang­ers Radio pod­cast host­ed by Craig Bruce and Irene Hulme on 25 March 202…

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