Swaab is delight­ed to wel­come Tim Hard­wick as a grad­u­ate solic­i­tor in our lit­i­ga­tion team.

Swaab is delight­ed to wel­come Tim Hard­wick as a grad­u­ate solic­i­tor in our lit­i­ga­tion team. Tim is the first in a series of recent grad­u­ate hires under­tak­en by Swaab.

Pri­or to his arrival at Swaab, Tim has gained expe­ri­ence in a broad range of cor­po­rate and pri­vate client work, includ­ing suc­ces­sion act claims, wills and estates, mort­gage advances and com­mer­cial lit­i­ga­tion. In addi­tion, he has appeared in the CTTT in respect of small busi­ness claims and stra­ta issues. Tim com­plet­ed a Juris Doc­tor at UTS in 2012 and was admit­ted to prac­tice in Feb­ru­ary 2013. Pri­or to com­plet­ing a Juris Doc­tor, Tim com­plet­ed a Bach­e­lor of Arts at Syd­ney Uni­ver­si­ty with majors in phi­los­o­phy and per­for­mance studies.

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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 appeared on the Lawyers Week­ly Show pod­cast with Jerome Doraisamy released on 27 August 2026 to dis­cuss work­place law, social media use, and gen­er­a­tional attitudes

“Work­place law, social media use, and gen­er­a­tional atti­tudes” explores how social media, work­place rights, and chang­ing gen­er­a­tional expec­ta­tions are reshap­ing…

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, “‘A bad career deci­sion’: Inside the fall­out from Tik­Tok grad­u­ate fir­ing” pub­lished in Lawyers Week­ly on 26 August 2026

Pro­fes­sion­al con­se­quences faced by an Aus­tralian grad­u­ate lawyer whose Tik­Tok activ­i­ty led to dis­missal, spark­ing indus­try-wide debate about social media use.Michael…

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…

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