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Michael Byrnes appeared on Nights with John Stan­ley on 2GB and 4BC on 15 May 2023 to dis­cuss employ­ment law issues aris­ing from employ­ers tak­ing a pub­lic posi­tion on the Voice:

Michael Byrnes appeared on Nights with John Stan­ley on 2GB and 4BC on 15 May 2023 to dis­cuss employ­ment law issues aris­ing from employ­ers tak­ing a pub­lic posi­tion on the Voice To lis­ten to the inter­view click here…

Helen Kow­al appeared on Own­ers Cor­po­ra­tion Net­work’s webi­nar on Reme­di­al work and the Build­ing Prac­ti­tion­ers ACT

Helen Kow­al appeared on Own­ers Cor­po­ra­tion Net­work’s webi­nar on Reme­di­al work and the Build­ing Prac­ti­tion­ers ACT.  The OCN host­ed this impor­tant webi­nar pre­sent­ed by Matt Press, Exec­u­tive Direc­tor, Com­pli­ance and Dis­pute Res­o­lu­tion NSW Depart­ment of Cus­tomer Ser­vice, Helen Kow­al, Part­ner Swaab, and Deb­o­rah Lock­hart, Man­ag­er Risk, and Com­pli­ance RHM Con­sult­ing. The…

James Skel­ton & Anna Sharpe are rep­re­sent­ing Swaab at the INTA 2023 Annu­al Meet­ing Live+ in Singapore

James Skel­ton & Anna Sharpe are rep­re­sent­ing Swaab at the Inter­na­tion­al Trade­mark Asso­ci­a­tion (INTA) 2023 Annu­al Meet­ing Live+ which con­nects the most influ­en­tial brand pro­fes­sion­als from across the globe and indus­tries at the largest gath­er­ing of its kind. This year locat­ed at the Sands Expo & Con­ven­tion Cen­tre, 10 Bayfront Avenue, 018956…

Michael Byrnes appeared on the Lawyers Week­ly pod­cast on 19 May 2023 to dis­cuss impli­ca­tions aris­ing from employ­ers tak­ing a posi­tion on the Voice

Michael Byrnes appeared on the Lawyers Week­ly pod­cast on 19 May 2023 to dis­cuss impli­ca­tions aris­ing from employ­ers tak­ing a posi­tion on the Voice To lis­ten to the pod­cast click here…

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​‘Exer­cise cau­tion in going against your employer’s Voice posi­tion’, pub­lished in Lawyers Week­ly on 23 May 2023:

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​‘Exer­cise cau­tion in going against your employer’s Voice posi­tion’, pub­lished in Lawyers Week­ly on 23 May 2023 To read the full arti­cle click here…

Michael Byrnes appeared on Nights with John Stan­ley on 2GB and 4BC on 24 May 2023 to dis­cuss the legal aspects of employ­ers direct­ing employ­ees to return to work­ing from the office:

I appeared on Nights with John Stan­ley on 2GB and 4BC on 24 May 2023 to dis­cuss the legal aspects of employ­ers direct­ing employ­ees to return to work­ing from the office: To lis­ten to the inter­view click here …

Helen Kow­al | Con­struc­tion Indus­try Outlook

Mec­ca has brought togeth­er a pan­el of indus­try, engi­neer­ing, and legal experts for a webi­nar ses­sion, which will have a close look at the impor­tant fac­tors that will impact the per­for­mance of busi­ness­es with­in the con­struc­tion sec­tor over the next 2 – 3 years.Our expert pan­el will present their views, take your ques­tions, and…

Resolv­ing Prop­er­ty Co-Own­er­ship Dis­putes: A Guide to Sec­tion 66G and Court-Appoint­ed Trustees

The pur­chase of res­i­den­tial or com­mer­cial prop­er­ty togeth­er may occur for a vari­ety of per­son­al or busi­ness rea­sons. How­ev­er, if cir­cum­stances change, one co-own­er may wish to sell or divest their inter­est while their fel­low co-own­ers don’t and are unwill­ing or unable to buy the for­mer out. If you want to…

Mer­i­tas Announces New Board of Direc­tors Class Elect­ed at Annu­al Meet­ing in Chica­go, Illi­nois, USA

The new direc­tors are: Drew Dill­worth of Stearns Weaver Miller in Mia­mi, Flori­da, USAEsther Domínguez of Marimón Abo­ga­dos in Barcelona, SpainAman­da Esch of Davis & Canon in Cheyenne, Wyoming, USAMatthew Evans of Damon Key Leong Kupchak Hastert in Hon­olu­lu, Hawaii, USAAndrew Lam­bros of Ben­nett & Philp Lawyers in Bris­bane, AustraliaDavid Reid of Brazeau Sell­er Law in Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaPhilip…

Mer­i­tas Announces Emerg­ing Lead­ers Advi­so­ry Board That Wel­comes New Lead­er­ship & Two New Members

David Reid of Brazeau Sell­er Law (Ottawa, Ontario, Cana­da) has begun his term as the new Chair of Mer­i­tas’ Emerg­ing Lead­ers Advi­so­ry Board (ELAB), replac­ing out­go­ing Chair Shel­don Stokes of John­ston, Alli­son & Hord, P.A. (Char­lotte, North Car­oli­na, USA). The ELAB also has a new Chair-Elect, Char­lotte Whit­worth of Howard Kennedy (Lon­don…

Michael Byrnes Final­ist in the Lawyers Week­ly Part­ner of the Year Awards 2023 — Employment

“Con­grat­u­la­tions Michael Byrnes for being nom­i­nat­ed as a final­ist in the Lawyers Week­ly Part­ner of the Year Awards 2023. Your nom­i­na­tion is a tes­ta­ment to your hard work, com­mit­ment to client ser­vice, and ded­i­ca­tion to liv­ing the Swaab Brand of Ser­vice, you are tru­ly deserv­ing of this nom­i­na­tion.” Mary Digiglio — Man­ag­ing…

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​‘What employ­ers need to know ahead of the Voice to Par­lia­ment ref­er­en­dum’, pub­lished in HR Leader on 19 June 2023

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​‘What employ­ers need to know ahead of the Voice to Par­lia­ment ref­er­en­dum’, pub­lished in HR Leader on 19 June 2023 To read the full arti­cle, please click here…

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle ​“50+ hour weeks remain too com­mon for lawyers”, pub­lished in Lawyers Week­ly on 26 June 2023

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle ​“50+ hour weeks remain too com­mon for lawyers”, pub­lished in Lawyers Week­ly on 26 June 2023 To read the full arti­cle, please click here…

Michael Byrnes has writ­ten an arti­cle ​‘Is it too risky to dis­cuss pol­i­tics in the work­place?’ Pub­lished in HRM Online 26 June 2023

Michael Byrnes has writ­ten an arti­cle ​‘Is it too risky to dis­cuss pol­i­tics in the work­place?’ Pub­lished in HRM Online 26 June 2023. To read the full arti­cle please click here …

Michael Hayter – Com­mer­cial Lit­i­ga­tion & Insol­ven­cy Part­ner, was inter­viewed on last night’s ABC Four Cor­ners pro­gram — Dirty Deeds: Inside Australia’s Biggest Tax Scam

Michael Hayter – Com­mer­cial Lit­i­ga­tion & Insol­ven­cy Part­ner, was inter­viewed on last night’s ABC Four Cor­ners pro­gram — Dirty Deeds: Inside Australia’s Biggest Tax Scam. The pro­gram looked at the infa­mous Plu­tus Pay­roll scheme and the con­spir­a­cy to defraud more than $100 mil­lion from Aus­tralian tax­pay­ers. Michael pre­vi­ous­ly cross-exam­ined Simon Anquetil…