We are delight­ed to announce the appoint­ment of Mark Glynn as a Part­ner in our Con­struc­tion team, effec­tive 14 April 2025. Mark brings a wealth of con­struc­tion and project deliv­ery exper­tise and expe­ri­ence, fur­ther strength­en­ing our firm’s com­mit­ment to deliv­er­ing excep­tion­al legal ser­vices and out­stand­ing com­mer­cial out­comes for our clients.

With over two decades in the indus­try, Mark is a recog­nised front-end con­struc­tion lawyer spe­cial­ist with­in the build­ing and con­struc­tion indus­try. Mark has worked with clients in both the pri­vate and pub­lic sec­tor, up and down the con­tract­ing chain, assist­ing them deliv­er­ing projects with­in their accept­able lev­els of risk.

As we con­tin­ue to grow in align­ment with our strate­gic vision, Mark’s exten­sive knowl­edge and expe­ri­ence in con­struc­tion and project deliv­ery makes him an invalu­able addi­tion to our team. His appoint­ment enhances our abil­i­ty to serve our clients with excel­lence, ensur­ing we uphold our hall­mark ded­i­ca­tion and the Swaab Brand of Ser­vice,” said Mary Digiglio, Man­ag­ing Part­ner at Swaab.

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Publications

More AI Slop in the Fair Work Juris­dic­tion: The Fight Back

In two recent cas­es both the Fair Work Com­mis­sion (FWC) and Fed­er­al Cir­cuit and Fam­i­ly Court of Aus­tralia (FCF­CoA) have…

NSW Build­ing (Approvals and Prac­ti­tion­ers) Bill 2026 Pass­es Parliament

The Build­ing (Approvals and Prac­ti­tion­ers) Bill 2026 (the Bill) passed through Par­lia­ment on Tues­day after­noon 4 August 2026. The Bill is…

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…

In the News

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, Busi­ness­es demand new pow­ers after worker’s hope­less’ AI claim costs employ­er”, pub­lished in the Aus­tralian on 23 August 2026

Busi­ness­es want new pow­ers because AI-assist­ed employ­ee claims are increas­ing the num­ber of weak or inac­cu­rate work­place com­plaints, forc­ing employ­ers…

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, Has the NBI undone itself?”, pub­lished in HR Leader on 19 August 2026

Has the NBI weak­ened its own influ­ence in Aus­trali­a’s work­place and indus­tri­al rela­tions system?Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Has…

Michael Byrnes appeared on Mon­ey News with Scott Hay­wood on 2GB, 3AW, 4BC and 6PR on 17 August 2026 to dis­cuss the use of AI by lit­i­gants in mat­ters before the Fair Work Com­mis­sion and oth­er tri­bunals and courts (from 29:15 to 36:45)

Michael Byrnes dis­cussed the use of arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence (AI), includ­ing gen­er­a­tive AI tools such as Chat­G­PT, by lit­i­gants in pro­ceed­ings…

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