Newslet­ters

7 Nov 2025

Con­struc­tion & Stra­ta Law Newslet­ter | Novem­ber 2025

This edi­tion of C(l)ause & (D)efect includes: Part­ner Per­spec­tive | Helen Kow­al, The risk of builder insol­ven­cy mid way through a con­struc­tion project is real | Mark Glynn, 10 Tips Stra­ta Reme­di­al Con­struc­tion Con­tracts | Lynn Hawes & Helen Kow­al, Stra­ta Law Changes Effec­tive 27 Oct 25 | Daniela Ter­ru­so & Ben McGuire…

30 Sept 2025

Swaab Con­nect | Sep­tem­ber 2025

Cross-Com­­pa­ny Secu­ri­ty and Liq­uida­tor Chal­lenges: Full Fed­er­al Court Restores Cer­tain­ty in CEG Direct Secu­ri­ties v Coop­er [2025] FCAFC 47, Copy­right and Gen­er­a­tive AI: what Aus­tralia can learn from the Meta and Anthrop­ic Rul­ings, Fed­er­al Court Deci­sion Lim­its Effec­tive Use of Set-Off in Con­trac­tu­al Annu­al Salary Arrange­ments, Pro­tect­ing your tomor­row, today: The…

31 Aug 2025

Swaab Con­nect | August 2025

Assess­ing Scope 3 Emis­sions: An analy­sis of the impli­ca­tions of Den­man Aberdeen Muswell­brook Scone Healthy Envi­ron­ment Group Inc v MACH Ener­gy Aus­tralia Pty Ltd [2025] NSW­CA 163 (the Mount Pleas­ant deci­sion), Arti­fi­cial Intel­li­gence Fol­ly Called Out by Fair Work Com­mis­sion, Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle,​“Fair Work warns lit­i­gants against using…

31 July 2025

Swaab Con­nect | July 2025

Own­ers Cor­po­ra­tions / Asso­ci­a­tions now sub­ject to Unfair Con­tract Terms, Impor­tant Work­place Rela­tions Changes Effec­tive 1 July 2025, 10 Tips For Stra­ta Reme­di­al Con­struc­tion Con­tracts, Con­struc­tion con­tract time­frames and their inter­ac­tion with the NSW Secu­ri­ty of Pay­ment leg­is­la­tion, Dis­missal for Dis­sent? & Michael Byrnes was quot­ed twice in HR Leader…

31 July 2025

Swaab Alum­ni Newslet­ter | July 2025

News & Pub­li­ca­tions, Q2 2025 New Swaab Appoint­ments, Q2 2025 Pro­mo­tions, Live Stream Event | Liv­ing my best life through Menopause & 2025 Career Opportunities…

30 June 2025

Swaab Con­nect | June 2025

Own­ers Cor­po­ra­tions / Asso­ci­a­tions now sub­ject to Unfair Con­tract Terms, Impor­tant Work­place Rela­tions Changes Effec­tive 1 July 2025, Unfair con­tract terms in out­dat­ed stan­dard form con­tracts could cost you a fine of $50 mil­lion (Com­pa­nies) or $2.5 mil­lion (Indi­vid­u­als), Cur­rent state of the con­struc­tion and infra­struc­ture mar­ket & Michael Byrnes was quot­ed twice…

31 May 2025

Swaab Con­nect | May 2025

No will, no direc­tion: The estate of Liam Payne and under­stand­ing law of intes­ta­cy, Does a receiv­er of a dis­tressed devel­op­ment project owe a duty of care to future lot own­ers upon com­ple­tion? Beware Retail Lease Dis­close State­ments, Meta’s AI law­suit in the USA & what it could mean for AI & copy­right, Devel­op­ers beware…

30 Apr 2025

Swaab Con­nect | April 2025

When is a loan real­ly an Option Fee? And when is an Option a Con­tract? Fair Work Com­mis­sion Sets Bar High for Pol­i­cy Changes, Con­struc­tion con­tracts are more than just a doc­u­ment — remove con­trac­tu­al claus­es at your per­il & Fed­er­al Bud­get 2025: Lim­i­ta­tion on Non-Com­pete Clauses…

31 Mar 2025

Swaab Con­nect | March 2025

Fail­ing to Reg­is­ter a PPSR Secu­ri­ty Inter­est on Time – Legal Risks & Options, Res­i­den­tial Ten­an­cies Act 2010 (NSW) reforms and oblig­a­tions of land­lords, effec­tive from 19 May 2025, Gen­er­al Pro­tec­tions Dis­missal Dis­putes: Choose Your Own Respon­dent, Amend­ments to NCC 2022 com­menc­ing on 1 May 2025 & We wel­comed: Mark Glynn & Hugo Mahony…

31 Mar 2025

Swaab Alum­ni Newslet­ter | March 2025

News & Pub­li­ca­tions, Press Release | New Swaab Appoint­ments, Con­grat­u­la­tions | Team Swaab 2025, 2025 Leukaemia Foun­da­tion World’s Great­est Shave & 2025 Career Opportunities…