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Michael Byrnes appeared on 10News+ on 18 March 2026 to analyse the legal issues aris­ing from ARN’s ter­mi­na­tion of Kyle Sandi­lands’ ser­vices agree­ment. Dur­ing the seg­ment Michael pro­vid­ed expert com­men­tary on con­tract ter­mi­na­tion, alleged seri­ous mis­con­duct, and the poten­tial legal con­se­quences for both the broad­cast­er and on‑air tal­ent, offer­ing clear insight into what may hap­pen next in the high‑profile dispute.

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 here

https://​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

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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…

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