We are pleased to announce five senior pro­mo­tions in key prac­tice areas of the firm effec­tive, 1 July 2024

Con­grat­u­la­tions:

  • Esther Khoo — Spe­cial Counsel
  • Ste­vie-Lee Nobbs — Associate
  • Rebec­ca Priem — Senior Associate
  • John Trinh - Spe­cial Counsel
  • Stu­art Bock­ing — Associate

I’m thrilled to announce the pro­mo­tions of Esther Khoo to Spe­cial Coun­sel, Ste­vie-Lee Nobbs to Asso­ciate, Rebec­ca Priem to Senior Asso­ciate, John Trinh to Spe­cial Coun­sel, and Stu­art Bock­ing to Asso­ciate, effec­tive from 1 July 2024. Their ded­i­ca­tion, exper­tise, and unwa­ver­ing com­mit­ment to client ser­vice have been instru­men­tal in our fir­m’s suc­cess. We look for­ward to their con­tin­ued con­tri­bu­tions and lead­er­ship as we strive to pro­vide unri­valled val­ue for mon­ey and qual­i­ty of ser­vice for our clients with our hall­mark of Gen­eros­i­ty of Spir­it and com­mit­ment to liv­ing the Swaab Brand of Ser­vice” said Mary Digiglio — Man­ag­ing Part­ner Swaab.

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Publications

Strata Plan 92183 v Samdora Pty Ltd [2026] NSWSC 406 | 'Substantive Control' over Works & s37 of the DB&P Act

In this case, the plain­tiff (Stra­ta Plan 92183) brought pro­ceed­ings alleg­ing defec­tive res­i­den­tial build­ing work in rela­tion to 9 town hous­es…

Dis­clo­sure: When is enough enough?

Dis­clo­sure, the fam­i­ly law equiv­a­lent of dis­cov­ery in oth­er kinds of civ­il pro­ceed­ings, is a foun­da­tion­al part of fam­i­ly law matters. The Fed­er­al…

When Judges return to prac­tice: a clos­er look at the deci­sion in Tan­it & Tanit

In the Fed­er­al Cir­cuit and Fam­i­ly Court of Aus­tralia, being a Fed­er­al Court, the com­pul­so­ry retire­ment age of Judges is 70 years…

In the News

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, Kyle Sandi­lands to get $12m in set­tle­ment with ARN after court stoush”, pub­lished in The Aus­tralian on 17 June 2026

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Kyle Sandi­lands to get $12m in set­tle­ment with ARN after court stoush”, pub­lished…

Michael Byrnes appeared on McK­night Tonight with Robert McK­night on 17 June 2026 to dis­cuss the set­tle­ment of the pro­ceed­ings brought by Kyle Sandi­lands against ARN (from 22:45 to 41:25)

Michael Byrnes appeared on McK­night Tonight with Robert McK­night on 17 June 2026 to dis­cuss the set­tle­ment of the pro­ceed­ings…

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, “ Text­book exam­ple’: Work­place lawyer reveals who win­ners’ are in Kyle Sandi­lands’ set­tle­ment with for­mer employ­er ARN”, pub­lished on the Sky News web­site on 17 June 2026

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, “ ​‘Text­book exam­ple’: Work­place lawyer reveals who ​‘win­ners’ are in Kyle Sandi­lands’ set­tle­ment with…

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