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Press Release | We are pleased to announce five senior pro­mo­tions in key prac­tice areas of the firm effec­tive, 1 July 2025

Con­grat­u­la­tions:Maris­sa Arag­o­na — AssociateRamesh Chamala — AssociateAaron Boz — AssociateWilliam Clement — Senior AssociateKel­lie Van Mun­ster — Spe­cial Counsel “I am per­son­al­ly delight­ed to announce the pro­mo­tions of Maris­sa Arag­o­na, Ramesh Chamala and Aaron Boz to the role of Asso­ciate, William Clement to Senior Asso­ciate and Kel­lie Van Mun­ster to Spe­cial Coun­sel effec­tive…

Impor­tant Stra­ta Law Changes — Effec­tive 1 July 2025

The Stra­ta Schemes Leg­is­la­tion Amend­ment Act 2025 (Amend­ing Act) intro­duces fur­ther reform in Gov­ern­men­t’s ongo­ing review of the stra­ta legislation. On 1 July 2025, the sec­ond tranche of changes under the Amend­ing Act com­menced, which will impact or give effect to the following: enhanced pro­tec­tion of own­ers cor­po­ra­tions from stra­ta man­agers, build­ing man­agers and oth­ers…

Stra­ta Reme­di­al Construction

Our spe­cialised team can pro­vide you with tar­get­ed advice for your reme­di­al project with full con­sid­er­a­tion of the Design and Build­ing Prac­ti­tion­ers Act 2020 (DBP Act) and accom­pa­ny­ing regulations. Stra­ta Build­ing Main­te­nance & Reme­di­al Works include: Design & con­struc­tion contractsCon­struct only contractssuper­in­ten­dent / con­sul­tan­cy agreementsSub-con­trac­tor agreementsTailed advice on con­tract issues and DBPA Requirements:Dis­pute resolutionLit­i­ga­tion & enforcementSOPA ClaimsRange of exper­tise include: Project doc­u­mentssuites of…

Ope­nAI’s screen­less future on pause amidst trade mark dispute

Back­groundIn ear­ly May, Ope­nAI sur­prised the tech world with news of an esti­mat­ed $6.4 bil­lion part­ner­ship and acqui­si­tion involv­ing ​“io”, a new ven­ture led by renowned design­er Sir Jony Ive. Ive is best known for cre­at­ing icon­ic Apple prod­ucts like the iPhone and Apple Watch. The col­lab­o­ra­tion aims to devel­op a ground­break­ing…

10 Tips For Stra­ta Reme­di­al Con­struc­tion Contracts

Are you won­der­ing why your stra­ta work to repair or main­tain your stra­ta build­ing is over bud­get, rid­dled with delays, plagued with costs over­runs and vari­a­tions at every turn?It is impor­tant to con­sid­er and fol­low these steps:Before ten­der­ing for the work to be done, have your build­ing con­tract, con­sul­tan­cy agree­ment and/​or sep­a­rate…

Press Release | New Senior Asso­ciate Appoint­ment — Joshua Bernie

With more than 10 years’ expe­ri­ence in stra­ta and con­struc­tion dis­pute res­o­lu­tion across Aus­tralia and the UK, Joshua brings with him a wealth of expe­ri­ence and exper­tise. He has act­ed for own­ers cor­po­ra­tions, devel­op­ers, builders, and indi­vid­ual own­ers in a broad range of stra­ta, con­struc­tion, and prop­er­ty-relat­ed dis­putes. Joshua has con­duct­ed pro­ceed­ings in…

Con­struc­tion con­tract time­frames and their inter­ac­tion with the NSW Secu­ri­ty of Pay­ment legislation.

Mark Glynn, Con­struc­tion Part­ner at Swaab con­sid­ers the recent deci­sion of Shar­vain Facades Pty Ltd (Admin­is­tra­tors Appoint­ed) v Roberts Co (NSW) Pty Ltd [2025] NSWSC 606TimeTime is an impor­tant aspect of the deliv­ery of a build­ing and con­struc­tion project.A suc­cess­ful project con­tract not only spec­i­fies the time with­in which the works must be car­ried…

Dis­missal for Dissent?

The recent unfair dis­missal deci­sion of the Fair Work Com­mis­sion, Shaun Turn­er v Dare­bin City Coun­cil [2025] FWC 1763, in which Deputy Pres­i­dent Clan­cy held that the dis­missal of an employ­ee for, among oth­er things, alleged com­ments in response to an Acknowl­edg­ment of Coun­try before a ​‘tool­box’ meet­ing, was unfair, has gar­nered…

Com­ple­men­tary Live Streamed Event | Liv­ing my best life through Menopause

We’re excit­ed to wel­come you to a com­ple­men­tary live-streamed event designed to inform, inspire, and con­nect any­one inter­est­ed in advanc­ing women’s health and wellbeing.📅 Date: 24 July 2025🕒 Time: 6:15pm to 8:30pm (Syd­ney, Aus­tralia is AEST)📍 Loca­tion: Click Link to View Video🎟️ Cost: FreeJoin our expert pan­el from Pon­ti Health, a Syd­ney-based med­ical…

Work­place Rela­tion­ships: The Legal Posi­tion (Cold­play Con­cert Edition)

The recent sto­ry of col­leagues (a Chief Exec­u­tive Offi­cer and Chief Peo­ple Offi­cer (CPO)) whose appar­ent rela­tion­ship was cap­tured on a ​“kiss cam” (jum­botron) at a Cold­play con­cert has cap­tured the pub­lic imag­i­na­tion, result­ing in thou­sands of arti­cles, memes and jokes. In the after­math of the inci­dent, the CEO has resigned…

Michael Byrnes appeared on ABC News Radio on 21 July 2025 to dis­cuss the issue of work­place rela­tion­ships and that Cold­play concert

Michael Byrnes appeared on ABC News Radio on 21 July 2025 to dis­cuss the issue of work­place rela­tion­ships and that Cold­play concertTo lis­ten to the full inter­view click here…

Michael Byrnes appeared on Nights with John Stan­ley on 2GB and 4BC on 21 July 2025 to dis­cuss work­place rela­tion­ships and that Cold­play con­cert (from 1:29:45 to 1:43:30)

Michael Byrnes appeared on Nights with John Stan­ley on 2GB and 4BC on 21 July 2025 to dis­cuss work­place rela­tion­ships and that Cold­play con­cert (from 1:29:45 to 1:43:30)To lis­ten to the full inter­view click here…

Press Release | New Spe­cial Coun­sel Appoint­ment — Peter Bournas

Peter brings more than 20 years of senior legal and prop­er­ty exper­tise, span­ning pri­vate prac­tice, in-house roles with­in the air­port sec­tor, com­mer­cial advi­so­ry, and con­sul­tan­cy. His strate­gic legal insight, paired with a com­mer­cial­ly dri­ven approach, will sup­port clients in nav­i­gat­ing com­plex mat­ters across prop­er­ty, devel­op­ment, leas­ing, and rev­enue-gen­er­at­ing trans­ac­tions with­in air­port and…

Michael Byrnes’ arti­cle ​“7 com­mon ques­tions about work­place rela­tion­ships”, was pub­lished on HRM Online on 22 July 2025

Michael Byrnes’ arti­cle ​“7 com­mon ques­tions about work­place rela­tion­ships”, was pub­lished on HRM Online on 22 July 2025To read the full arti­cle click here…