The Kyle and Jackie O legal battle - a view from all sides.
4/29/202636 min
In this episode we bring you up to speed with everything you need to know about the Kyle and Jackie O legal battle with ARN. Our legal expert Michael Byrnes from Swaab gives us a full 360 degree view of the biggest legal fight in Australian media history.
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First 90 secondsCraig Bruce· Host0:00
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Speaker 2· Soundbite0:12
Um, at the end of the day, I'm just trying... You can get fired for something you've done the same thing every day of your life for twenty-five years.
Irene Hulme· Host0:19
What have you told me?
Speaker 2· Soundbite0:19
I'm not concerned about anything. Th-th... You can drum up the past. You can bring up whatever you want, but, like, at the end of the day, did I... Was it misconduct or not misconduct?
Craig Bruce· Host0:29
Hello, Irene. Are you ready for some more of your favorite chat?
Irene Hulme· Host0:32
Oh, boy. I've missed Michael, you know that.
Craig Bruce· Host0:34
Oh. [laughs] Bit of legal chat with our new friend, Michael Burns. Hey, Michael.
Michael Byrnes· Guest0:37
Hi, Irene. Hi, Craig.
Craig Bruce· Host0:39
She loves this.
Irene Hulme· Host0:40
I do.
Craig Bruce· Host0:40
She loves this more than spending time with me, Michael, and that's okay. I'm not taking it personally. [laughs] I, I understand there's a special little bond starting to form between you and, and Irene.
Michael Byrnes· Guest0:50
There's a lot to like about it, Irene.
Irene Hulme· Host0:53
There is.
Michael Byrnes· Guest0:53
Craig got dragged along a little bit. I do get that.
Craig Bruce· Host0:57
[laughs] Yeah. [laughs] That's it. So what we thought we'd do here is get everyone up to speed and on the same page before this story sort of moves to the next act. Um, and because what we have now, we have Jackie's claim, we know what Kyle's position is, and we now have ARN's defense. So before we get into the weeds, Michael, in this episode, does any party have a strong legal footing as we sit here right now? Or is there a party with the strongest legal footing, it might be a better way to put it?
Michael Byrnes· Guest1:23
I-I wa- I don't wanna disappoint you, but I don't think there's any party that is definitely going to win or definitely going to lose.
Craig Bruce· Host1:28
Right.
Michael Byrnes· Guest1:28
So I think they all have