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Michael Byrnes appeared on Morn­ings with Graeme Good­ings on FIVEAA on 18 March 2026 to dis­cuss legal issues aris­ing from the ter­mi­na­tion of Kyle Sandi­lands’ ser­vices agree­ment by ARN (from 68:10 to 75:30)

Michael Byrnes appeared on Morn­ings with Graeme Good­ings on FIVEAA on 18 March 2026 to dis­cuss legal issues aris­ing from the ter­mi­na­tion of Kyle Sandi­lands’ ser­vices agree­ment by ARN (from 68:10 to 75:30)To lis­ten to the pod­cast click here …

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“What Hap­pens Next In Kyle & Jack­ie O’s Legal Fight With ARN? We Asked A Lawyer”, pub­lished in Pedes­tri­an on 18 March 2026

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“What Hap­pens Next In Kyle & Jack­ie O’s Legal Fight With ARN? We Asked A Lawyer”, pub­lished in Pedes­tri­an on 18 March 2026To read the full arti­cle click here…

Michael Byrnes appeared on 10News+ on 18 March 2026 to dis­cuss legal issues aris­ing from the ter­mi­na­tion of Kyle Sandi­lands’ ser­vices agree­ment by ARN (from 0:55 to 5:25)

Michael Byrnes appeared on 10News+ on 18 March 2026 to dis­cuss legal issues aris­ing from the ter­mi­na­tion of Kyle Sandi­lands’ ser­vices agree­ment by ARN (from 0:55 to 5:25)to watch the inter­view click herehttps://​10​.com​.au/​n​e​w​s​/​n​a​t​i​o​n​a​l​/​1​0​-​n​e​w​s​-​1​8​-​m​a​r​-​2​0​2​6​/​t​p​v​2​6​0​3​1​8​soglp…

Michael Byrnes appeared on McK­night Tonight with Robert McK­night on 18 March 2026 to dis­cuss the legal aspects of the ter­mi­na­tion of Kyle Sandi­lands’ ser­vices agree­ment by ARN (from 16:40 to 34:45)

Michael Byrnes appeared on McK­night Tonight with Robert McK­night on 18 March 2026 to dis­cuss the legal aspects of the ter­mi­na­tion of Kyle Sandi­lands’ ser­vices agree­ment by ARN (from 16:40 to 34:45)To watch the inter­view click here…

Con­struc­tion & Stra­ta Law Newslet­ter | Jan­u­ary 2026

This edi­tion of C(l)ause & (D)efect includes: Part­ner Per­spec­tive | Mark Glynn, Aqua­land North Syd­ney Laven­der Devel­op­ment Pty Ltd v The Own­ers — Stra­ta Plan No 102091 [2025] NSW­CA 143 | Jen­nifer Hold & Daniela Ter­ru­so, Know Your Con­struc­tion Con­tract — A Cau­tion­ary ​‘Time Bar’ Tale from West­con­nex M5 Motor­way Tun­nel Project Syd­ney…

When can an own­er com­mence pro­ceed­ings in the 6 months after the expiry of the statu­to­ry war­ran­ty periods

When a defect claim emerges in the final six months of statu­to­ry war­ran­ty peri­ods, own­ers may still have time to act. This update explains when pro­ceed­ings can be com­menced under the Home Build­ing Act 1989 (NSW), fol­low­ing recent Supreme Court guidance.Own­ers cor­po­ra­tions often dis­cov­er defects in their build­ings in the last 6 months…

2026 World’s Great­est Shave — tak­ing a stand against blood cancer.

Swaab has been a long stand­ing sup­port­er of the Leukaemia Foun­da­tion and the work the Foun­da­tion does. Its resources assist­ed our founder (the late Fred Swaab, who lost his life to leukaemia) and con­tin­ues to assist those we know (at and around Swaab) who live with and man­age the impacts of…

Julie Briscoe, Sarah Heuv­el and Michael Byrnes rep­re­sent­ed the firm at Regrowth’s Nav­i­gate 2026 Annu­al Conference

As a proud part­ner, Swaab’s Julie Briscoe, Sarah Heuv­el and Michael Byrnes rep­re­sent­ed the firm at Regrowth’s Nav­i­gate 2026 Annu­al Con­fer­ence, held at the Crown Hotel in Sydney.With 28 speak­ers from lead­ing agen­cies across Aus­tralia, along­side keynote speak­ers, busi­ness entre­pre­neurs and indus­try part­ners, the con­fer­ence focused on help­ing real estate lead­ers make…

More Changes for Stra­ta — effec­tive 1 April 2026

The Fair Trad­ing and Build­ing Leg­is­la­tion Amend­ment Bill 2026 was passed by par­lia­ment dur­ing Feb­ru­ary 2026 with the changes effec­tive on 1 April 2026. This forms part of a broad­er reg­u­la­to­ry over­haul aimed at strength­en­ing con­sumer pro­tec­tion, tight­en­ing com­pli­ance stan­dards and improv­ing account­abil­i­ty across build­ing and real estate indus­tries. The objec­tive is to reduce…

Michael Byrnes appeared on the Game Chang­ers Radio pod­cast host­ed by Craig Bruce and Irene Hulme on 24 March 2026 to dis­cuss the com­mence­ment of legal pro­ceed­ings by Kyle Sandi­lands against ARN

Michael Byrnes appeared on the Game Chang­ers Radio pod­cast host­ed by Craig Bruce and Irene Hulme on 24 March 2026 to dis­cuss the com­mence­ment of legal pro­ceed­ings by Kyle Sandi­lands against ARNTo lis­ten to the full inter­view click here…

We’re proud to announce Dr Matthew Cole has been recog­nised in the Doyle’s Guide Lead­ing Town Plan­ning & Devel­op­ment Lawyers – New South Wales, 2026

We’re proud to announce Dr Matthew Cole has been recog­nised in the Doyle’s Guide Lead­ing Town Plan­ning & Devel­op­ment Lawyers – New South Wales, 2026This acknowl­edge­ment reflect our team’s deep exper­tise, ded­i­ca­tion, and com­mit­ment to deliv­er­ing excep­tion­al out­comes for our clients…

Michael Byrnes appeared on the Game Chang­ers Radio pod­cast host­ed by Craig Bruce and Irene Hulme on 25 March 2026 to dis­cuss devel­op­ments in the legal pro­ceed­ings brought by Kyle Sandi­lands against ARN.

Michael Byrnes appeared on the Game Chang­ers Radio pod­cast host­ed by Craig Bruce and Irene Hulme on 25 March 2026 to dis­cuss devel­op­ments in the legal pro­ceed­ings brought by Kyle Sandi­lands against ARN.To lis­ten to the full inter­view click here…

The impor­tance of a Request for Tender

Issu­ing a request for ten­der (RFT) is more than just secur­ing the best or low­est price. An RFT is your oppor­tu­ni­ty to man­age your project risk and to ensure your project is com­plet­ed on time and with­in bud­get. Your RFT defines the rules of the game (ten­der process) and the final des­ti­na­tion (the…

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Five more Kyle ques­tions answered: Would ARN have to pay a lump sum?”, pub­lished in Mum­brel­la on 25 March 2026

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Five more Kyle ques­tions answered: Would ARN have to pay a lump sum?”, pub­lished in Mum­brel­la on 25 March 2026To read the full arti­cle click here …

Tem­po­rary Dis­con­for­mi­ty in Build­ing Defects: Myth, Not Law

The ​“tem­po­rary dis­con­for­mi­ty” argu­ment in con­struc­tion dis­putes sug­gests that defec­tive work iden­ti­fied before prac­ti­cal com­ple­tion is not a breach while the builder retains a con­trac­tu­al right to rec­ti­fy. NSW courts have con­sis­tent­ly reject­ed this propo­si­tion, con­firm­ing that defec­tive work con­sti­tutes a breach at the time it is performed.The notion of ​“tem­po­rary dis­con­for­mi­ty” is some­times…