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

With more than 10 years’ expe­ri­ence in stra­ta and con­struc­tion dis­pute res­o­lu­tion across Aus­tralia and the UK, Joshua brings with him a wealth of expe­ri­ence and exper­tise. He has act­ed for own­ers cor­po­ra­tions, devel­op­ers, builders, and indi­vid­ual own­ers in a broad range of stra­ta, con­struc­tion, and prop­er­ty-relat­ed dis­putes. Joshua has con­duct­ed pro­ceed­ings in the NSW Civ­il and Admin­is­tra­tive Tri­bunal, the Local Court, the Supreme Court, and the Land and Envi­ron­ment Court. His deep exper­tise and client-focused approach make him a valu­able addi­tion to the team and an ide­al fit for 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

10 year long stop on build­ing defect claims rein­forced for con­tri­bu­tion claims

The recent deci­sion in For­tius Broad­way No 1 Pty Ltd V ACN 103 211 141 Pty Ltd (for­mer­ly known as Wat­pac Con­struc­tion…

A High­er Evi­den­tiary Bur­den for Work Orders: The Prac­ti­cal Impli­ca­tions of The Own­ers – Stra­ta Plan No 102171 v Ceerose Pty Ltd [2025] NSW­CATCD 137

The deci­sion in The Own­ers – Stra­ta Plan No 102171 v Ceerose Pty Ltd; Zone Q Mil­sons Point Devel­op­ment Pty Ltd v Ceerose…

Impor­tant Work­place Rela­tions Changes Effec­tive 1 July 2026

Employ­ers and employ­ees alike should be aware of impor­tant changes in the work­place rela­tions are­na, effec­tive 1 July 2026. From that date:the…

In the News

Protest group los­es appeal to obtain gov­ern­ment documents

The cas­es — Mudgee Region Health Alliance v Min­is­ter for Finance, Domes­tic Man­u­fac­tur­ing and Gov­ern­ment Pro­cure­ment and Nat­ur­al Resources [2026] NSW­CATAD…

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, The PM v work­place stan­dards”, pub­lished in HR Leader on 8 July 2026

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“The PM v work­place stan­dards”, pub­lished in HR Leader on 8 July 2026To read the…

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, When does a com­pet­i­tive cul­ture become a legal risk?”, pub­lished in AHRI AM on 6 July 2026

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“When does a com­pet­i­tive cul­ture become a legal risk?”, pub­lished in AHRI AM on 6 July…

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