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Reflec­tions on a Suc­cess­ful Mer­i­tas Annu­al Meet­ing – Char­lotte, North Carolina

The meet­ing offered unpar­al­leled oppor­tu­ni­ties for rep­re­sen­ta­tives from the glob­al Mer­i­tas net­work of 172 firms across more than 89 coun­tries to recon­nect with friends and col­leagues and to devel­op new relationships.The meet­ing start­ed with the sec­ond annu­al in-per­son meet­ing of the Women’s Lead­er­ship Con­gress (WLC), host­ed by the Wom­en’s Lead­er­ship…

Press Release | Three New Appoint­ments for Swaab

Wel­comeDaniela Ter­ru­so — Senior Asso­ciate, Prop­er­ty, Plan­ning & Projects and Stra­ta & ConstructionSarah Abra­hams — Asso­ciate, Prop­er­ty, Plan­ning & ProjectsMaris­sa Arag­o­na — Solic­i­tor, Fam­i­ly Law“These appoint­ments occur at a piv­otal time in our fir­m’s ongo­ing growth. Their com­bined exper­tise, expe­ri­ence, and capa­bil­i­ties will enhance our Prop­er­ty, Plan­ning & Projects and Fam­i­ly Law teams. This enables us…

Press Release | Swaab Announces Five Senior Promotions

Con­grat­u­la­tions:Esther Khoo — Spe­cial CounselSte­vie-Lee Nobbs — AssociateRebec­ca Priem — Senior AssociateJohn Trinh - Spe­cial CounselStu­art Bock­ing — Associate“I’m thrilled to announce the pro­mo­tions of Esther Khoo to Spe­cial Coun­sel, Ste­vie-Lee Nobbs to Asso­ciate, Rebec­ca Priem to Senior Asso­ciate, John Trinh to Spe­cial Coun­sel, and Stu­art Bock­ing to Asso­ciate, effec­tive from 1 July 2024…

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Wool­worths chief Brad Ban­duc­ci ​‘vic­ar­i­ous­ly liable’ for alleged sex­u­al harass­ment, employ­ee Marc Eston­i­na claims”, pub­lished in The Aus­tralian on 11 July 2024

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Wool­worths chief Brad Ban­duc­ci ​‘vic­ar­i­ous­ly liable’ for alleged sex­u­al harass­ment, employ­ee Marc Eston­i­na claims”, pub­lished in The Aus­tralian on 11 July 2024To read the full arti­cle please click here…

Press Release | Swaab Earns Recer­ti­fi­ca­tion in Mer­i­tas, the Pre­mier Glob­al Net­work of Inde­pen­dent Law Firms

Syd­ney, NSW (11 July 2024) – Swaab, a Syd­ney-based law firm, today announced that it has been award­ed recer­ti­fi­ca­tion in Mer­i­tas, the pre­mier glob­al alliance of inde­pen­dent busi­ness law firms. Swaab joined Mer­i­tas in 2009 and, as a con­di­tion of its mem­ber­ship, is required to suc­cess­ful­ly com­plete recer­ti­fi­ca­tion every three years based…

Press Release | New Appoint­ment for Swaab

Wel­come, Lynne Hawes - Senior Asso­ciate, Prop­er­ty, Plan­ning & Projects and Stra­ta & Construction.“This appoint­ment comes at an impor­tant time in our fir­m’s ongo­ing growth with­in the Stra­ta & Con­struc­tion and Prop­er­ty, Plan­ning & Projects sec­tors. Lyn­n’s exten­sive exper­tise, expe­ri­ence, and capa­bil­i­ties will enhance both our Stra­ta & Con­struc­tion and Prop­er­ty, Plan­ning & Projects teams, enabling…

Statu­to­ry Duty of Care – Part 4 Design and Build­ing Prac­ti­tion­ers Act 2020 – ‘…the risk of harm was fore­see­able… not insignificant…not far-fetched or fanciful’

On 5 July 2024, His Hon­our Jus­tice Waugh hand­ed down his deci­sion in The Own­ers – Stra­ta Plan 80867 v Da Sil­va [2024] NSWDC 263.Swaab, instruct­ing William Mar­shall of 7 Went­worth Sel­borne Cham­bers, act­ed for the Plain­tiff Own­ers Cor­po­ra­tion in the pro­ceed­ings, which were brought against Mr Da Sil­va (the Builder). The Builder…

Helen Kow­al | Design and Build­ing Prac­ti­tion­ers (DBP) Act and relat­ed reg­u­la­tions and its impact on stra­ta-build­ing reme­di­al works webinar

Deb Lockart of RHM Con­sul­tants and Helen Kow­al of Swaab will encore their pre­sen­ta­tion on the DBP and relat­ed reg­u­la­tion of the reme­di­al industry.Learn what’s been achieved and hear their insights. Sig­nif­i­cant mile­stones have been achieved through the reme­di­al gov­ern­ment con­sul­ta­tion process and they will share these con­sul­ta­tion outcomes.This webi­nar will be…