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A spe­cial thank you to Swaab client and Tour de Cure sup­port­er ​‘Spe­cial Group Aus­tralia’ for their work in rebrand­ing Tour de Cure

The new brand­ing is all about re-ener­gis­ing our com­mu­ni­ty, with a bright and bold look that con­veys our opti­mism that a cure for can­cer is pos­si­ble. The new logo, look and feel mod­ernises and brings con­sis­ten­cy to the Tour de Cure brand, ready for our next stage of growth.Along with the new…

2022 Mer­i­tas Legal Guide for Busi­ness Invest­ment and Expan­sion in Australia

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ABRS’ Loom­ing Direc­tor ID Dead­line – Apply before 30 Novem­ber 2022

The 30 Novem­ber dead­line for exist­ing direc­tors to apply for a direc­tor iden­ti­fi­ca­tion num­ber (Direc­tor ID) is creep­ing clos­er – don’t get caught by ASIC penal­ties and make sure you apply in time.  In June 2020, the Aus­tralian Gov­ern­ment intro­duced changes to the Cor­po­ra­tions Act 2001 (Cth) requir­ing all exist­ing and new…

Swaab sup­ports R U OK? Day Thurs­day 8 Sep­tem­ber 2022.

R U OK? has released resources, tips and ideas to help you dri­ve gen­uine change in your work­place, school and com­mu­ni­ty. Sign up via the form below to access the R U OK?Day 2022 resources. A free pre­sen­ta­tion will be streamed online at mid­day (AEST) on R U OK?Day Thurs­day 8 Sep­tem­ber. You can reg­is­ter…

Fam­i­ly Law

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Dr. Matthew Cole

Exper­tisePlan­ning & Environment…

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Legal impli­ca­tions from ​‘very dis­turb­ing’ Hawthorn FC alle­ga­tions”, pub­lished in Lawyers Week­ly on 23 Sep­tem­ber 2022:

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Legal impli­ca­tions from ​‘very dis­turb­ing’ Hawthorn FC alle­ga­tions”, pub­lished in Lawyers Week­ly on 23 Sep­tem­ber 2022: To read the full arti­cle click here…

Con­grat­u­la­tions to Angela Har­vey for being recog­nised in Doyles Guide 2022

Con­grat­u­la­tions to Angela Har­vey for being recog­nised in Doyles Guide as a Rec­om­mend­ed Wills, Estate and Suc­ces­sion Lawyer 2022. https://​doyles​guide​.com/​l​eadin……

NSW: Labor Gov­ern­ment IR changes roundtable

With a new Labor gov­ern­ment elect­ed, and the recent Jobs Sum­mit, employ­ment law reform is firm­ly on the agen­da. Will there be a new IR Bill? Do Gig work­ers need addi­tion­al pro­tec­tions? What does a more broad imple­men­ta­tion of the Respect@Work rec­om­men­da­tions mean for your work­place? Will parental leave change? Employ­ment law expert…

FBA NSW Cel­e­brate: End of Year Net­work­ing Event 2022

We invite you to FBA’s Cel­e­brate Event – our final offi­cial event for 2022 on Wednes­day, 23 Novem­ber. Bring­ing togeth­er the FBA NSW com­mu­ni­ty, this is a great oppor­tu­ni­ty to raise a glass and toast, with your fam­i­ly busi­ness peers, to all your col­lec­tive achievements. This event has become one of the…

Employ­ees ​‘Sol­dier­ing On’ With COVID-19: What Can Employ­ers Do?

The Change in Rules At a recent nation­al cab­i­net meet­ing, the lead­ers of the states and ter­ri­to­ries agreed that from Octo­ber 14 peo­ple infect­ed with COVID-19 no longer need to iso­late. The peri­od of manda­to­ry iso­la­tion after test­ing pos­i­tive was recent­ly reduced from 7 to 5 days. It will now be removed altogether. Those who…

Michael Byrnes appeared on Nights with John Stan­ley on 2GB and 4BC dis­cussing the impli­ca­tions for employ­ers of the end of manda­to­ry iso­la­tion for COVID-19 infection

Michael Byrnes appeared on Nights with John Stan­ley on 2GB and 4BC dis­cussing the impli­ca­tions for employ­ers of the end of manda­to­ry iso­la­tion for COVID-19 infection To lis­ten to the inter­view click here…

Michael Byrnes is pub­lished in HRM Online: How should employ­ers respond to COVID-19 now that iso­la­tion rules are being removed?

Michael Byrnes is pub­lished in HRM Online: How should employ­ers respond to COVID-19 now that iso­la­tion rules are being removed? To read the full arti­cle click here…

Are We; Aren’t We? Deter­min­ing whether a De Fac­to rela­tion­ship exists

As soci­ety and our views about mod­ern rela­tion­ships change, we have seen few­er peo­ple rush­ing to the alter, with many hap­py to tack­le life side by side as De Fac­to part­ners. Whilst for mar­ried cou­ples there is lit­tle dif­fi­cul­ty prov­ing the exis­tence of a mar­riage (with the help of a Mar­riage Cer­tifi­cate)…

Minds Count Foun­da­tion Annu­al Lec­ture 2022

The event will start at 6pm and will be avail­able to attend via livestream. This year we will be hear­ing from Berke­ley Cox and Mar­garet Cai.Berke­ley Cox is cur­rent­ly a Part­ner in the Bris­bane office of King & Wood Mallesons. Berke­ley served as the Aus­tralian firm’s Chief Exec­u­tive Part­ner from 2017 to…