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

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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