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Michael Byrnes
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A high-stakes legal fight, a frac­tured on-air part­ner­ship, and a case that could reshape how tal­ent dis­putes play out in Australia.

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“We asked a lawyer to unpack Jack­ie O’s $82m case, and where it could land for ARN and Kyle”, pub­lished in Medi­aweek on 9 April 2026

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Publications

Tem­po­rary Dis­con­for­mi­ty in Build­ing Defects: Myth, Not Law

The ​“tem­po­rary dis­con­for­mi­ty” argu­ment in con­struc­tion dis­putes sug­gests that defec­tive work iden­ti­fied before prac­ti­cal com­ple­tion is not a breach while the…

The impor­tance of a Request for Tender

Issu­ing a request for ten­der (RFT) is more than just secur­ing the best or low­est price. An RFT is your oppor­tu­ni­ty to man­age…

More Changes for Stra­ta — effec­tive 1 April 2026

The Fair Trad­ing and Build­ing Leg­is­la­tion Amend­ment Bill 2026 was passed by par­lia­ment dur­ing Feb­ru­ary 2026 with the changes effec­tive on…

In the News

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“We asked a lawyer to unpack Jack­ie O’s $82m case, and where it could land for ARN and Kyle”, pub­lished in Medi­aweek on 9 April 2026

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“We asked a lawyer to unpack Jack­ie O’s $82m case, and where it could…

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…

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…

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