We are pleased to announce the appoint­ment of Car­la San­to as an asso­ciate to our esteemed fam­i­ly law team.

We are pleased to announce the appoint­ment of Car­la San­to as an asso­ciate to our esteemed fam­i­ly law team.

Car­la is expe­ri­enced in all areas of fam­i­ly law includ­ing prop­er­ty mat­ters, par­ent­ing mat­ters, bind­ing finan­cial agree­ments, child sup­port agree­ments and spousal main­te­nance. She is a pro­fi­cient nego­tia­tor in finan­cial mat­ters and her qual­i­fi­ca­tions in busi­ness place her in a posi­tion to under­stand and pro­vide valu­able advice in all, includ­ing com­plex, prop­er­ty mat­ters. Car­la is also a pro­fi­cient advo­cate fre­quent­ly con­duct­ing inter­im mat­ters in the Fam­i­ly and Fed­er­al Mag­is­trates Court.

Car­la is a mem­ber of the Young Lawyers Fam­i­ly Law Com­mit­tee, the Fam­i­ly Law Sec­tion of the Law Coun­cil of Aus­tralia and the Gold­en Key Hon­our Society.

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Publications

Where is my mind? The rise of con­tentious pro­bate pro­ceed­ings sur­round­ing the issue of tes­ta­men­tary capacity

In New South Wales, fam­i­ly pro­vi­sion and con­tentious pro­bate claims under the Suc­ces­sion Act 2006 (NSW) are increas­ing­ly focused on…

Kyle and Jack­ie O: The Work­place Rela­tions Law Perspective

The rela­tion­ship between show­busi­ness duos often comes to an acri­mo­nious end. Mar­tin and Lewis split at the height of their…

The Paper­cut Deci­sion and the Cur­rent Posi­tion on WFH

The FWC’s John­son v Paper­Cut Soft­ware deci­sion has renewed debate about the lim­its of work­ing from home rights. While some have…

In the News

Michael Byrnes appeared on The Quar­ter Hour, a radio indus­try pod­cast host­ed by Wade Kings­ley, to dis­cuss the legal aspects of the Kyle and Jack­ie O split, on 13 March 2026

Michael Byrnes appeared on The Quar­ter Hour, a radio indus­try pod­cast host­ed by Wade Kings­ley, to dis­cuss the legal aspects of the…

McK­night Tonight with Robert McK­night inter­views Michael Byrnes on the legal aspects of the Kyle and Jack­ie O split (from 28:25 to 51:00):

In this in‑depth inter­view, Michael Byrnes, Part­ner and employ­ment law spe­cial­ist, shares prac­ti­cal insights on work­place rela­tions, employ­ment law trends…

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“DIY jus­tice: The surge of self-rep­re­sen­ta­tion and its toll on the jus­tice sys­tem”, pub­lished in Lawyers Week­ly on 11 March 2026

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“DIY jus­tice: The surge of self-rep­re­sen­ta­tion and its toll on the jus­tice sys­tem”…

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