Newslet­ters

19 Mar 2020

Swaab Con­nect | March 2020

In this edi­tion Michael Byrnes and Emi­ly Capen­er cre­ate a short guide the recent changes the Annu­alised Salaries under Mod­ern Awards effec­tive from 1 March 2020 and how the changes will impose more oner­ous admin­is­tra­tive require­ments on employ­ers. Senior Asso­ciate Monique Love­day pro­vides some insight to the things you should be aware…

3 Feb 2020

Swaab Con­nect | Jan­u­ary 2020

In our very first edi­tion of the decade Part­ner Helen Kow­al inter­views Struc­tur­al Engi­neer, Tadd Wal­ford to deliv­er the final instal­ment of the NSW Con­struc­tion Indus­try Series which doc­u­ments dis­cus­sions with build­ing con­sul­tants who are in the know when it comes to the cur­rent state of the con­struc­tion indus­try. Sat­ur­day…

15 Jan 2020

Swaab Con­nect | Novem­ber 2019

In this edi­tion Michael Byrnes points out a few sen­si­ble steps that can help man­age the risks of ​‘Sil­ly Sea­son’ events in the lead up to Christ­mas. With the Sher­gold Weir Report reg­u­la­tions not being set until 2020 Part­ner Helen Kow­al advis­es how design­ers and build­ing prac­ti­tion­ers should famil­iarise them­selves with…

15 Jan 2020

Swaab Con­nect | Octo­ber 2019

When it comes to ter­mi­nat­ing employ­ees due to changes in oper­a­tional require­ments , com­pli­ance is key, Part­ner Richard Ott­ley talks about gen­uine redun­dan­cy ver­sus unfair dis­missal and how the dif­fer­ence could be in the con­sul­ta­tion. Dis­agree with a val­u­a­tion by joint­ly instruct­ed sin­gle expert? Fam­i­ly Law Senior Asso­ciate, Monique Love­day explains…

5 Sept 2019

Swaab Con­nect | Sep­tem­ber 2019

A per­son who is the sub­ject of a defam­a­to­ry pub­li­ca­tion can sue for defama­tion, but what about com­pa­nies? Marc Bad­dams and Sean Green­wood advise if a com­pa­ny can sue for defama­tion. Michael Byrnes out­lines some ini­tial obser­va­tions fol­low­ing The Aus­tralian Gov­ern­ment’s deci­sion to release​‘reli­gious free­dom reforms’, Richard Ott­ley looks at fac­tors which…

8 Aug 2019

Swaab Con­nect | August 2019

This month we are delight­ed to wel­come Alexan­dra Streltso­va to the firm’s lit­i­ga­tion team, Part­ner Eric Ziehlke explains why recent polit­i­cal changes in the Unit­ed King­dom have raised the prospect of a​‘no deal’ Brex­it as a seri­ous pos­si­bil­i­ty, Part­ner Helen Kow­al inter­views Allan Har­ri­man OAM for the third instal­ment of the…

15 July 2019

Swaab Con­nect | July 2019

In this issue of Swaab Con­nect, Angela Har­vey pro­vides a brief out­line on the nature and oper­a­tion of Vic­to­ri­a’s new assist­ed dying laws, Fam­i­ly Law accred­it­ed spe­cial­ist Annette Wil­son out­lines how the court sys­tem deter­mines the out­come of your prop­er­ty set­tle­ment in a defac­to part­ner­ship, Bill Lo explains how ​‘small’ and​‘large’ pro­pri­etary…

18 June 2019

Swaab Con­nect | June 2019

This month, Asso­ciate Bill Lo and Grad­u­ate at Law Emi­ly Capen­er dis­cuss the scope and impli­ca­tions of the pro­posed changes to the Cor­po­ra­tions Act 2001 amend­ments which require unique a Direc­tor Iden­ti­fi­ca­tion Num­ber. Part­ner, Helen Kow­al includes the first install­ment of the NSW Con­struc­tion Indus­try six-part series by inter­view­ing cladding spe­cial­ist…

13 May 2019

Swaab Con­nect | May 2019

This month in Swaab Con­nect, Part­ner Eric Ziehlke explains how dis­putes can arise between a prin­ci­pal and its ex-dis­­trib­u­­tor with respect to the own­er­ship and use of brands and names and how you can pro­tect your con­tract when a dis­trib­u­tor­ship ends. Part­ner Helen Kow­al advis­es how to gain some con­trol and pro­tect…

11 Apr 2019

Swaab Con­nect | April 2019

In this edi­tion of Swaab Con­nect we wel­come new Part­ner, Helen Kow­al to our Prop­er­ty, Plan­ning & Projects team. Part­ner, Angela Har­vey dis­cuss­es the impor­tance of safe­guard­ing your Will and Part­ner, Richard Ott­ley dis­cuss­es a recent deci­sion in the Fair Work Com­mis­sion that has shone a light on a dilem­ma which employ­ers face when…