We are delight­ed to announce the appoint­ment of Joshua Bernie as a Senior Asso­ciate in our Prop­er­ty, Plan­ning and Projects team

Joshua brings exten­sive expe­ri­ence in stra­ta and con­struc­tion dis­pute res­o­lu­tion, with over 10 years’ of expe­ri­ence in both Aus­tralia and the Unit­ed King­dom, Joshua has act­ed for own­ers cor­po­ra­tions, devel­op­ers, builders and own­ers in all man­ner of stra­ta, con­struc­tion and prop­er­ty relat­ed dis­putes. He has con­duct­ed pro­ceed­ings in the NSW Civ­il and Admin­is­tra­tive Tri­bunal, the Local Court, the Supreme Court and the Land and Envi­ron­ment Court. His exper­tise and client-focused approach makes him an excel­lent addi­tion to both the team and this new­ly cre­at­ed role.

Our firm con­tin­ues to grow in line with our strate­gic vision. Joshua’s appoint­ment strength­ens our abil­i­ty to meet evolv­ing client needs while deliv­er­ing excep­tion­al val­ue and ser­vice — hall­marks of the Swaab Brand of Ser­vice and our Gen­eros­i­ty of Spir­it,” said Mary Digiglio, Man­ag­ing Part­ner at Swaab.

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

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