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Mer­i­tas Earns Elite Glob­al Legal Net­work Recog­ni­tion from Cham­bers and Partners

Mer­i­tas has been named an Elite Glob­al Legal Net­work by Cham­bers, a recog­ni­tion based on inde­pen­dent, in‑depth research across more than 200 juris­dic­tions world­wide. Cham­bers is wide­ly regard­ed as the lead­ing author­i­ty on the legal pro­fes­sion, assess­ing law firms and net­works on the qual­i­ties clients val­ue most, includ­ing tech­ni­cal exper­tise, client…

Press Release | New Asso­ciate Appoint­ment — Julia Fanos

With a broad back­ground span­ning gen­er­al legal prac­tice and the real estate indus­try, Julia Fanos brings a unique­ly prac­ti­cal and client‑focused per­spec­tive to her work. Hav­ing prac­tised across prop­er­ty, com­mer­cial, wills and estates, and with hands‑on expe­ri­ence as a licensed real estate pro­fes­sion­al and long‑time busi­ness own­er under a high­ly regard­ed cor­po­rate brand, Julia…

2026 Doyles Guide Recog­ni­tion For Our Prop­er­ty & Leas­ing Team

We are pleased to announce the recog­ni­tion of key mem­bers of our Prop­er­ty & Real Estate team.Mary Digiglio has been recog­nised in the 2026 Doyles guide rank­ing in both:Lead­ing Prop­er­ty & Real Estate Lawyers — NSW, 2026 (for trans­ac­tion­al prop­er­ty mat­ters) andLead­ing Leas­ing Lawyers - NSW, 2026 (for retail, com­mer­cial and indus­tri­al leasing).Tony D’Agosti­no has been…

Michael Byrnes appeared on the Game Chang­ers Radio pod­cast host­ed by Craig Bruce and Irene Hulme on 8 April 2026 to dis­cuss the State­ment of Claim in the legal pro­ceed­ings com­menced by Jack­ie ​‘O’ Hen­der­son against ARN

Michael Byrnes appeared on the Game Chang­ers Radio pod­cast host­ed by Craig Bruce and Irene Hulme on 8 April 2026 to dis­cuss the State­ment of Claim in the legal pro­ceed­ings com­menced by Jack­ie ​‘O’ Hen­der­son against ARNTo lis­ten to the pod­cast click here…

No Appor­tion­ment for Sec­tion 37 DBP Act Claims even where the alleged con­cur­rent wrong­do­er is not a sub­con­trac­tor of the builder:

Kapi­la v Mon­u­ment Build­ing Group Pty Ltd [2025] NSWSC 1306 con­firms that builders and nom­i­nat­ed super­vi­sors can be held ful­ly liable for build­ing defects under sec­tion 37 of the Design and Build­ing Prac­ti­tion­ers Act 2020 (NSW), even where oth­er pro­fes­sion­als, such as engi­neers, archi­tects or cer­ti­fiers, also con­tributed to the defects…

Legal Essen­tials for Off Site Con­struc­tion | UNSW Sydney

A two-day con­struc­tion law short course equip­ping con­struc­tion and legal pro­fes­sion­als with the pro­cure­ment, reg­u­la­to­ry and dis­pute exper­tise required to con­fi­dent­ly deliv­er mod­u­lar and pre­fab­ri­cat­ed projects. The Swaab Con­struc­tion & Stra­ta team is con­tribut­ing to the UNSW AGSM Exec­u­tive Edu­ca­tion pro­gram, Legal Essen­tials for Off-Site Con­struc­tion, focused on prac­ti­cal con­tract­ing strategies.📅 14 – 15 May…

Michael Byrnes appeared on the Game Chang­ers Radio pod­cast host­ed by Craig Bruce and Irene Hulme on 22 April 2026 to dis­cuss the lat­est devel­op­ments in the legal pro­ceed­ings com­menced by Kyle Sandi­lands against ARN

Michael Byrnes appeared on the Game Chang­ers Radio pod­cast host­ed by Craig Bruce and Irene Hulme on 22 April 2026 to dis­cuss the lat­est devel­op­ments in the legal pro­ceed­ings com­menced by Kyle Sandi­lands against ARN.To lis­ten to the pod­cast click here…

Michael Byrnes appeared on the Game Chang­ers Radio pod­cast host­ed by Craig Bruce and Irene Hulme on 24 April 2026 to dis­cuss the Fed­er­al Court case man­age­ment hear­ing in the sep­a­rate legal pro­ceed­ings com­menced by Kyle Sandi­lands and Jack­ie ​‘O’ Henderson

Michael Byrnes appeared on the Game Chang­ers Radio pod­cast host­ed by Craig Bruce and Irene Hulme on 24 April 2026 to dis­cuss the Fed­er­al Court case man­age­ment hear­ing in the sep­a­rate legal pro­ceed­ings com­menced by Kyle Sandi­lands and Jack­ie ​‘O’ Hen­der­son against ARNTo lis­ten to the full pod­cast click here…

Michael Byrnes appeared on The Brief­ing with Natar­sha Belling on 24 April 2026 to dis­cuss the Fed­er­al Court case man­age­ment hear­ing in the sep­a­rate legal pro­ceed­ings com­menced by Kyle Sandi­lands and Jack­ie ​‘O’ Hen­der­son against ARN (from 4:30 to 21:00)

Michael Byrnes appeared on The Brief­ing with Natar­sha Belling on 24 April 2026 to dis­cuss the Fed­er­al Court case man­age­ment hear­ing in the sep­a­rate legal pro­ceed­ings com­menced by Kyle Sandi­lands and Jack­ie ​‘O’ Hen­der­son against ARN (from 4:30 to 21:00)To lis­ten to the full pod­cast click here…

Michael Byrnes appeared on McK­night Tonight with Robert McK­night to dis­cuss the Fed­er­al Court case man­age­ment hear­ing in the sep­a­rate legal pro­ceed­ings com­menced by Kyle Sandi­lands and Jack­ie ​‘O’ Hen­der­son against ARN

Michael Byrnes appeared on McK­night Tonight with Robert McK­night to dis­cuss the Fed­er­al Court case man­age­ment hear­ing in the sep­a­rate legal pro­ceed­ings com­menced by Kyle Sandi­lands and Jack­ie ​‘O’ Hen­der­son against ARN and the cur­rent state of playTo lis­ten to the full pod­cast click here…

Sarah Heuv­el has been recog­nised at the 2026 Mer­i­tas Women’s Lead­er­ship Awards with the Return­er of the Year Award

Sarah’s achieve­ment reflects both her pro­fes­sion­al excel­lence and remark­able resilience. Return­ing to work at Swaab in Feb­ru­ary 2025 on a part‑time basis just five months after wel­com­ing her baby, Sarah worked two days per week while con­tin­u­ing to build a strong and grow­ing practice.Dur­ing this peri­od, she exceed­ed many full‑time per­for­mance bench­marks and…