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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…

Michael Byrnes appeared on the Game Chang­ers Radio pod­cast host­ed by Craig Bruce and Irene Hulme on 30 April 2026 to dis­cuss the state of play in the sep­a­rate legal pro­ceed­ings com­menced by Kyle Sandi­lands and Jack­ie ​‘O’ Hen­der­son against ARN.

Michael Byrnes appeared on the Game Chang­ers Radio pod­cast host­ed by Craig Bruce and Irene Hulme on 30 April 2026 to dis­cuss the state of play in the sep­a­rate legal pro­ceed­ings com­menced by Kyle Sandi­lands and Jack­ie ​‘O’ Hen­der­son against ARN.To lis­ten to the full pod­cast click here…

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Senior Asso­ciate 6 yrs + PQE | Employment

We are look­ing for a tal­ent­ed and moti­vat­ed Senior Asso­ciate with min­i­mum 6 years plus PQE to work close­ly with a Part­ner in a broad range of employ­ment relat­ed mat­ters, act­ing for employ­ers and senior employ­ees. This role will see you assist­ing and act­ing for clients in employ­ment, work­place rela­tions and WHS law and will include: Rep­re­sent­ing…

Michael Byrnes appeared on the Game Chang­ers Radio pod­cast host­ed by Craig Bruce and Irene Hulme on 8 May 2026 to dis­cuss the lat­est devel­op­ments in the sep­a­rate legal pro­ceed­ings com­menced by Kyle Sandi­lands and Jack­ie ​‘O’ Hen­der­son against AR

Michael Byrnes appeared on the Game Chang­ers Radio pod­cast host­ed by Craig Bruce and Irene Hulme on 8 May 2026 to dis­cuss the lat­est devel­op­ments in the sep­a­rate legal pro­ceed­ings com­menced by Kyle Sandi­lands and Jack­ie ​‘O’ Hen­der­son against ARNTo lis­ten to the pod­cast click here…

Expos­ing the Con­struc­tive Dis­missal Shibboleth

This arti­cle exam­ines the Fair Work Commission’s deci­sion in Bai­ley Richens v BDO Admin­is­tra­tion Pty Ltd [2025] FWC 3699, high­light­ing the risks of pre­ma­ture res­ig­na­tion and clar­i­fy­ing why invok­ing ​“con­struc­tive dis­missal” can under­mine, rather than sup­port, a claim.The con­cept of ​“con­struc­tive dismissal”Some aggriev­ed employ­ees con­sid­er the invo­ca­tion of the words ​“con­struc­tive dis­missal” akin…

Michael Byrnes appeared on McK­night Tonight with Robert McK­night on 12 May 2026 to dis­cuss the lat­est court doc­u­ments in the sep­a­rate legal pro­ceed­ings com­menced by Kyle Sandi­lands and Jack­ie ​‘O’ Hen­der­son against ARN

Michael Byrnes appeared on McK­night Tonight with Robert McK­night on 12 May 2026 to dis­cuss the lat­est court doc­u­ments in the sep­a­rate legal pro­ceed­ings com­menced by Kyle Sandi­lands and Jack­ie ​‘O’ Hen­der­son against ARNTo watch the full inter­view click here…

The extend­ed 6 year lim­i­ta­tion peri­od for SSMA sec­tion 106 stra­ta claims is not retrospective

In the recent deci­sion of John Goubran & Asso­ciates Pty Ltd ACN 070 974 819 v The Own­ers – Stra­ta Plan 57150 [2026] NSWDC 9 (Goubran) it was held that the lim­i­ta­tion peri­od which was amend­ed from 2 years to 6 years from 1 July 2025 under s106(6), is not ret­ro­spec­tive and does not extend…

Pay­day for liquidators!

Orders sought, orders made, liq­uida­tors ful­ly paidIn the recent mat­ter of Shield Resources Pty Ltd (in liq) and Shield Hold­ings South Aus­tralia Pty Ltd (in liq), two liq­uida­tors sought remu­ner­a­tion in the sum of $645,470.40 plus expens­es and costs (In the mat­ter of Shield Resources Pty Ltd (In Liq­ui­da­tion) and Shield Hold­ings…

The Expand­ing Scope of Devel­op­er and Builder Lia­bil­i­ty: Own­ers Stra­ta Plan No 66375 v King [2018] NSW­CA 170

The New South Wales Court of Appeal’s deci­sion in The Own­ers Stra­ta Plan No 66375 v King remains one of the most sig­nif­i­cant author­i­ties on statu­to­ry war­ranties under the Home Build­ing Act 1989 (NSW). The case clar­i­fied both the inter­pre­ta­tion of sec­tion 18B war­ranties and the breadth of a developer’s lia­bil­i­ty to…

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Cus­tomer and con­trac­tor ordered to pay $116,000 for homo­pho­bic harass­ment of man­ag­er”, pub­lished in the Aus­tralian on 18 May 2026

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Cus­tomer and con­trac­tor ordered to pay $116,000 for homo­pho­bic harass­ment of man­ag­er”, pub­lished in the Aus­tralian on 18 May 2026To read the arti­cle click here…

Ober­to Pty Ltd v The Own­ers Stra­ta Plan No 2004 No 2 [2026] NSW­CATCD 24 & costs in Stra­ta Dis­putes – Rule 38 of Civ­il and Admin­is­tra­tive Rules 2014

After a lot own­er was suc­cess­ful in its claim for dam­ages in an apart­ment build­ing as a result of an own­ers cor­po­ra­tion’s breach of statu­to­ry duty under sec­tion 106(1) of the Stra­ta Schemes Man­age­ment Act 2015, the Tri­bunal applied rule 38 of the Civ­il and Admin­is­tra­tive Rules 2014 (r38) to award costs…

Aus­tralian Anti-Mon­ey Laun­der­ing AML/CTF Tranche 2 laws are coming

Australia’s Anti-Mon­ey Laun­der­ing and Counter-Ter­ror­ism Financ­ing (AML/CTF) Act is designed to stop ille­gal funds from enter­ing the finan­cial sys­tem. It is esti­mat­ed to be a $68 bil­lion prob­lem in Aus­tralia alone. This leg­is­la­tion aims to stop the flow of crime mon­ey and bring us in line with the rest of…

2026 Insol­ven­cy & Financier Drinks | Thank you to our clients and friends

Marc Bad­dams, Michael Hayter, Ger­ald Carides, Nick Dale, and Swaab’s Insol­ven­cy team would like to extend their thanks to our clients and friends who joined us for Swaab’s annu­al Insol­ven­cy & Financier Drinks.It was fan­tas­tic to see so many famil­iar faces and con­nect with col­leagues across the indus­try. Once again, the…

A Frus­trat­ed FWC: Look­ing beyond the ​“Plumber’s Crack”

The recent Fair Work Com­mis­sion (FWC) deci­sion in Antho­ny Davitkov v Wool­worths Group Lim­it­ed [2026] FWC 1655 has attract­ed much mirth because it refers to an employ­ee who brought a gen­er­al pro­tec­tions dis­missal appli­ca­tion because he was informed by a col­league that (and this was para­phras­ing from the pre­sid­ing mem­ber, Deputy Pres­i­dent Col­man)…