Portrait photograph of Michael Byrnes
Michael Byrnes
Partner

Michael Byrnes appeared on 11am with Bill McDon­ald on 4BC on 12 Jan­u­ary 2023 to dis­cuss under­pay­ments to employ­ees and ​‘wage theft’

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Publications

The Employ­ment Real­i­ty of TV Fame (2025 Edition)

Real­i­ty tele­vi­sion shows thrive on intrigue and dra­ma. A key com­po­nent of suc­cess­ful real­i­ty TV shows is the con­tes­tant view­ers love…

Aus­tralia Day Sub­sti­tu­tion: The Legal Issues (2025 Edition)

It has been report­ed that some of the largest employ­ers in Aus­tralia, includ­ing Tel­stra, Com­mon­wealth Bank and Aus­tralian­Su­per, are giv­ing…

Valid­i­ty, void­abil­i­ty and unen­force­abil­i­ty in con­tract law

If you have entered into a con­tract, you or the oth­er par­ty have draft­ed with­out legal assis­tance, you should con­sid­er some…

In the News

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“How to nav­i­gate mis­con­duct inves­ti­ga­tions involv­ing men­tal health chal­lenges”, pub­lished in HRM Online on 4 Feb­ru­ary 2025

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“How to nav­i­gate mis­con­duct inves­ti­ga­tions involv­ing men­tal health chal­lenges”, pub­lished in HRM Online…

Michael Byrnes appeared on Break­fast with Ron Wil­son on 3 Feb­ru­ary 2024 on 2SM to dis­cuss the employ­ment law issues aris­ing from employ­ees appear­ing on real­i­ty TV shows

Michael Byrnes appeared on Break­fast with Ron Wil­son on 3 Feb­ru­ary 2024 on 2SM to dis­cuss the employ­ment law issues aris­ing…

Press Release | New Part­ner Appoint­ment — Sarah Heuvel

“As our firm con­tin­ues to grow in align­ment with our strate­gic plan, Sarah’s exten­sive exper­tise in prop­er­ty and com­mer­cial law…

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