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

AI Slop v Fair Work Com­mis­sion: The Scourge Continues

For all the talk of how extra­or­di­nary and trans­for­ma­tive arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence (AI) can sup­pos­ed­ly be, it con­tin­ues to be a scourge…

Nichol­son v Stra­ta Plan No 104042 –The Valid­i­ty of Debt Recov­ery Claus­es in By-laws

The recent NSW Civ­il and Admin­is­tra­tive Tri­bunal deci­sion in Nichol­son v The Own­ers – Stra­ta Plan No 104042 [2025] NSW­CATCD 20…

Prop­er­ty and Stock Agents Amend­ment (Under­quot­ing and Oth­er Agent Con­duct) Act 2026

The Prop­er­ty and Stock Agents Amend­ment (Under­quot­ing and Oth­er Agent Con­duct) Act 2026 (NSW) (the Amend­ment Act) was assent­ed on 2…

In the News

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, Is the News Bar­gain­ing Incen­tive and Office of AI the media’s last hope?”, pub­lished in HR Leader on 31 July 2026

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Is the News Bar­gain­ing Incen­tive and Office of AI the media’s last hope?”…

Michael Byrnes appeared on Mon­ey News with James Willis on 2GB, 3AW, 4BC and 6PR on 30 July 2026 to dis­cuss a recent Fair Work Com­mis­sion case deal­ing with an appli­ca­tion for a flex­i­ble work­ing arrange­ment to work from home (from 23:30 to 32:20)

Michael Byrnes appeared on Mon­ey News with James Willis on 2GB, 3AW, 4BC and 6PR on 30 July 2026 to…

Michael Byrnes appeared on McK­night Tonight with Robert McK­night on 28 July 2026 to dis­cuss the lat­est devel­op­ments in the pro­ceed­ings brought by Jack­ie O’ Hen­der­son against ARN (from 9:30 to 30:25)

Michael Byrnes appeared on McK­night Tonight with Robert McK­night on 28 July 2026 to dis­cuss the lat­est devel­op­ments in the…

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