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Michael Byrnes has pub­lished an arti­cle titled ​“Use of AI Crit­i­cised by FWC” in HR Leader on 2 Sep­tem­ber 2025.

Michael Byrnes has pub­lished an arti­cle titled ​“Use of AI Crit­i­cised by FWC” in HR Leader on 2 Sep­tem­ber 2025.To read the full arti­cle click here…

NSW Fair Trad­ing com­pli­ance | What to do if you receive a complaint

You receive a let­ter from NSW Fair Trad­ing (OFT) in your inbox refer­ring to a ​‘com­plaint’ being lodged against you/​your agency and requir­ing infor­ma­tion to be pro­vid­ed with­in a few days. It’s daunt­ing to receive one of these let­ters, espe­cial­ly if it’s your first. You’ll be won­der­ing who com­plained, what did you do…

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Pro­tect­ing your tomor­row, today: The impor­tance of an endur­ing pow­er of attorney

We often talk about the impor­tance of draft­ing your estate plan­ning doc­u­ments, includ­ing how draft­ing your will can ensure your loved ones are pro­vid­ed for as you wish, and the risk of dying intes­tate, giv­ing the State author­i­ty to decide how your estate is admin­is­tered, is avoid­ed fol­low­ing your death. But…

Fed­er­al Court Deci­sion Lim­its Effec­tive Use of Set-Off in Con­trac­tu­al Annu­al Salary Arrangements

The Deci­sionIn a recent Fed­er­al Court deci­sion*, Jus­tice Per­ram held that while con­trac­tu­al set-off claus­es in an annu­al salary arrange­ment can be effec­tive for the sat­is­fac­tion of mod­ern award enti­tle­ments dur­ing a pay peri­od, they are inef­fec­tive between pay peri­ods. This is a sig­nif­i­cant lim­i­ta­tion on the prac­ti­cal use of con­trac­tu­al annu­al salary…

Copy­right and Gen­er­a­tive AI: what Aus­tralia can learn from the Meta and Anthrop­ic Rulings

In 2025, two U.S. court deci­sions, Kadrey v. Meta and Bartz v. Anthrop­ic, have pro­vid­ed the first real judi­cial answers to a press­ing ques­tion, can using copy­right­ed works to train large lan­guage mod­els (LLMs) amount to fair use?Judges Vince Chhabria and William Alsup, in the Meta and Anthrop­ic cas­es respec­tive­ly, both found…

Michael Byrnes appeared on Mon­ey News with Evan Lucas on 2GB on 8 Sep­tem­ber 2025 to dis­cuss the recent Fed­er­al Court deci­sion relat­ing to salary arrange­ments, set-off claus­es and award compliance

Michael Byrnes appeared on Mon­ey News with Evan Lucas on 2GB on 8 Sep­tem­ber 2025 to dis­cuss the recent Fed­er­al Court deci­sion relat­ing to salary arrange­ments, set-off claus­es and award complianceTo lis­ten to the inter­view click here…

Sarah Heuv­el pro­vides insight into get­ting Rent Roll Trans­ac­tions Com­pli­ance Compliant

Sarah Heuv­el in an inter­view with Matthew Cial­lel­la of MC Broking & Advi­so­ry, dis­cuss rent roll trans­ac­tions and the three key com­pli­ance issues where even minor errors or omis­sions in con­tracts can have major con­se­quences. These issues can delay set­tle­ments, strain rela­tion­ships, and in some cas­es, cause entire deals to fall apart:VOI/POI…

Asso­ciate or Senior Asso­ciate | Litigation

About the roleWe cur­rent­ly have an oppor­tu­ni­ty for a tal­ent­ed and ambi­tious lit­i­ga­tion lawyer 3 – 8 years PQE to work in our well-regard­ed lit­i­ga­tion team. Part of a dynam­ic, fast-mov­ing and ser­vice focused prac­tice group, this role pro­vides reg­u­lar client con­tact and involve­ment in all aspects of a broad com­mer­cial lit­i­ga­tion and insol­ven­cy practice. The role…

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“The reac­tion to Char­lie Kirk’s assas­si­na­tion and its impli­ca­tions for employ­ment law”, pub­lished in Lawyers Week­ly on 26 Sep­tem­ber 2025

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“The reac­tion to Char­lie Kirk’s assas­si­na­tion and its impli­ca­tions for employ­ment law”, pub­lished in Lawyers Week­ly on 26 Sep­tem­ber 2025.To read the full arti­cle click here…

Cross-Com­pa­ny Secu­ri­ty and Liq­uida­tor Chal­lenges: Full Fed­er­al Court Restores Cer­tain­ty in CEG Direct Secu­ri­ties v Coop­er [2025] FCAFC 47

A sig­nif­i­cant deci­sion from the Full Fed­er­al Court has clar­i­fied the lim­its of liq­uida­tors’ pow­ers to unwind cross-com­pa­ny secu­ri­ty grant­ed to relat­ed entities.The deci­sion has re-enforced the com­mer­cial via­bil­i­ty of intra-group finance arrange­ments when prop­er­ly struc­tured and documented.In CEG Direct Secu­ri­ties Pty Ltd v Coop­er as liq­uida­tor of Run­tong Invest­ment and Devel­op­ment Pty…

The risk of builder insol­ven­cy mid way through a con­struc­tion project is real (and will prob­a­bly be expensive)

Intro­duc­tionThis arti­cle pro­vides guid­ance to those under­tak­ing con­struc­tion works and iden­ti­fies a num­ber of con­tract pro­vi­sions which, if includ­ed in the con­struc­tion con­tract, can assist a devel­op­er to iden­ti­fy and then man­age a builder insol­ven­cy event should it arise. All con­struc­tion projects come with risk (and reward)Some of the usu­al risks that imme­di­ate­ly come to mind include:Cost…

Isabel­la Machin

Exper­tiseCom­mer­cialCom­mer­cial FinanceCor­po­rate…

Press Release | New Asso­ciate Appoint­ment — Isabel­la Machin

With a dual back­ground in account­ing and law, Isabel­la brings a depth of com­mer­cial insight and exper­tise to the firm across a wide spec­trum of prac­tice areas. Her expe­ri­ence spans com­mer­cial trans­ac­tions, restruc­tur­ing, cor­po­rate gov­er­nance and com­pli­ance, reg­u­la­to­ry advi­so­ry, and dis­pute res­o­lu­tion. Isabella’s unique com­mer­cial acu­men and client-cen­tric approach make her a strong asset…

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“What hap­pens when an employ­ee runs out of sick leave?”, pub­lished in HRM Online on 21 Octo­ber 2025

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“What hap­pens when an employ­ee runs out of sick leave?”, pub­lished in HRM Online on 21 Octo­ber 2025To read the full arti­cle click here…