Portrait photograph of Mary Digiglio
Mary Digiglio
Managing Partner
Portrait photograph of Marc Baddams
Marc Baddams
Partner
Portrait photograph of James Skelton
James Skelton
Partner

We are thrilled to be host­ing the 2024 Mer­i­tas ANZ Region­al Meet­ing! Sona Pan­choly, Pres­i­dent of Mer­i­tas, deliv­ered an engag­ing pre­sen­ta­tion to the Swaab team, high­light­ing the ser­vices and pro­grams that empow­er mem­ber firms like ours to com­pete, grow, and excel in client ser­vice. Sona also shared an insight­ful update on Mer­i­tas’ finan­cial per­for­mance, future out­look, and key ele­ments of the strate­gic plan. To cap off the ses­sion, Sona answered ques­tions from the room and we shared inspir­ing client suc­cess stories.

Mer­i­tas Mem­ber Con­tacts & Emerg­ing Leader: Mar­ry Digiglio, Marc Bad­dams & James Skelton 

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

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…

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…

In the News

Michael Byrnes was quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“What HR can learn from the Ste­fanovic saga”, pub­lished in HR Leader on 26 June 2026

Michael Byrnes was quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“What HR can learn from the Ste­fanovic saga”, pub­lished in HR Leader on…

Michael Byrnes appeared on the Game Chang­ers Radio pod­cast host­ed by Craig Bruce and Irene Hulme on 26 June 2026 to dis­cuss the lat­est devel­op­ments in the pro­ceed­ings brought by Jack­ie ​‘O’ Hen­der­son against ARN

Michael Byrnes appeared on the Game Chang­ers Radio pod­cast host­ed by Craig Bruce and Irene Hulme on 26 June 202…

Michael Byrnes appeared on Break­fast with David Pen­berthy and Will Good­ings on FIVEAA on 26 June 2026 to dis­cuss the employ­ment of Karl Ste­fanovic with the Nine Net­work (from 23:25 to 28:45)

Michael Byrnes appeared on Break­fast with David Pen­berthy and Will Good­ings on FIVEAA on 26 June 2026 to dis­cuss the employ­ment…

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