We are delight­ed to wel­come new addi­tion, Alexan­dra Streltso­va to the Lit­i­ga­tion team.

Alexan­dra will be work­ing along­side Part­ner Marc Bad­dams and the lit­i­ga­tion team bring­ing over 10 years of expe­ri­ence in com­mer­cial dis­pute res­o­lu­tion and litigation. 

Alexan­dra prac­tices pre­dom­i­nant­ly in the areas of com­mer­cial dis­pute res­o­lu­tion and lit­i­ga­tion, insol­ven­cy and com­mer­cial advice, has a broad range of expe­ri­ence in act­ing for and against major Banks and oth­er finan­cial ser­vices insti­tu­tions, advis­ing cor­po­rate and pri­vate clients in rela­tion to a broad spec­trum of com­mer­cial dis­putes relat­ing to con­trac­tu­al issues, prop­er­ty dis­putes and claims under the Aus­tralian Con­sumer Law.

We look for­ward to col­lab­o­rat­ing with Alexan­dra and con­tribut­ing to the future of the firm to devel­op skills that both com­ple­ment and add a new dimen­sion to our team.

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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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