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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…

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Cold­play con­tro­ver­sy expos­es HR vul­ner­a­bil­i­ty in lead­er­ship rela­tion­ships”, pub­lished in HR Leader on 23 July 2025

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Cold­play con­tro­ver­sy expos­es HR vul­ner­a­bil­i­ty in lead­er­ship rela­tion­ships”, pub­lished in HR Leader on 23 July 2025To read the full arti­cle click here…

Michael Byrnes appeared on Break­fast with Tim Web­ster on 2SM on 23 July 2025 to dis­cuss work­place rela­tion­ships and that Cold­play concert

Michael Byrnes appeared on Break­fast with Tim Web­ster on 2SM on 23 July 2025 to dis­cuss work­place rela­tion­ships and that Cold­play concertTo lis­ten to the full inter­view click here…

Julie Briscoe attend­ed an event last night host­ed by NSW Gov­er­nor Mar­garet Bea­z­ley, cel­e­brat­ing Tour de Cure’s sup­port for world-class can­cer research breakthroughs.

Her Excel­len­cy the Hon­ourable Mar­garet Bea­z­ley AC KC, Gov­er­nor of New South Wales, and patron of Tour de Cure, host­ed an event at Gov­ern­ment House last night to announce that Tour de Cure’s con­tri­bu­tion to fund­ing of world-class can­cer research break­throughs has reached a total of 200. Swaab part­ner Julie Briscoe has been…

Michael Byrnes appeared on Mon­ey News with Evan Lucas on 2GB on 4 August 2025 to dis­cuss the pro­posed Vic­to­ri­an state gov­ern­ment work from home laws

Michael Byrnes appeared on Mon­ey News with Evan Lucas on 2GB on 4 August 2025 to dis­cuss the pro­posed Vic­to­ri­an state gov­ern­ment work from home lawsTo lis­ten the full inter­view click here…

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)

Intro­duc­tionOn July 24, 2025, the New South Wales Court of Appeal (NSW­CA) deliv­ered a land­mark rul­ing in Den­man Aberdeen Muswell­brook Scone Healthy Envi­ron­ment Group Inc v MACH Ener­gy Aus­tralia Pty Ltd [2025] NSW­CA 163, over­turn­ing the approval of a sig­nif­i­cant coal mine expan­sion at Mount Pleas­ant, near Muswell­brook. The deci­sion, the result of…

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Employ­ee award­ed $305k in record sex­u­al harass­ment pay­out”, pub­lished in HRM Online on 12 August 2025

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Employ­ee award­ed $305k in record sex­u­al harass­ment pay­out”, pub­lished in HRM Online on 12 August 2025To read the full arti­cle click here…

Lawyer | Commercial

About the roleWe are look­ing for a bright, moti­vat­ed, client focused, expe­ri­enced Lawyer with min­i­mum 2 — 5 years PQE to work direct­ly with a Com­mer­cial Partner.You will be work­ing on an inter­est­ing vari­ety of mat­ters which will include a mix of trans­ac­tion­al finance work, as well as prepar­ing advice on com­mer­cial lend­ing, trade and receiv­ables finance and advis­ing…

Michael Byrnes appeared on Nights with John Stan­ley on 2GB and 4BC on 25 August 2025 to dis­cuss the legal aspects of work­place surveillance

Michael Byrnes appeared on Nights with John Stan­ley on 2GB and 4BC on 25 August 2025 to dis­cuss the legal aspects of work­place sur­veil­lance (from 1:27:50 to 1:42:25):To lis­ten to the inter­view click here …

Arti­fi­cial Intel­li­gence Fol­ly Called Out by Fair Work Commission

In the recent Fair Work Com­mis­sion deci­sion Mr Bran­den Dey­sel v Elec­tra Lift Co.[2025] FWC 2289, Deputy Pres­i­dent Slevin applied a crit­i­cal lens to the use of Chat­G­PT by the Appli­cant who was seek­ing an exten­sion of time to make an appli­ca­tion to deal with con­tra­ven­tions involv­ing dismissal.One fac­tor the FWC exam­ines in…

Con­grat­u­la­tions | Angela Har­vey & John Trinh for being recog­nised in 2025 Doyles Guide Rankings

We’re proud to announce that Angela Har­vey has been recog­nised in the 2025 Doyles Guide as a:Rec­om­mend­ed Lead­ing Estates Lit­i­ga­tion Lawyer – NSW 2025Rec­om­mend­ed Lead­ing Wills, Estates & Suc­ces­sion Plan­ning Lawyer – NSW 2025Con­grat­u­la­tions also to John Trinh, who has been named as a Ris­ing Star Wills, Estates & Suc­ces­sion Plan­ning – NSW 2025.We’re equal­ly proud that…