Liam is an employment law and workplace health and safety law specialist. His experience in employment law extends from front-end advising and representing insurers and their insureds in negotiations to defending contested matters in tribunals and courts. He also advises and represents insurers and their insureds in workplace health and safety investigations and prosecutions.
Employment law, and workplace health and safety law, is a complex jurisdiction, with a constantly evolving regulatory landscape that calls for a skilful and considered approach. Liam takes a proactive and consultative approach when assisting both insurers and employers to navigate the complexities of employment law and workplace health and safety law.
Liam prides himself on the strong relationships he has built with his clients, whether it be insurers or businesses directly. By building strong relationships, Liam is able to thoroughly understand the needs of the client, which in turn supports a better outcome for the client.
- Acting for a well-known retailer in defence of a sex and racial discrimination claim made by an employee in the Federal Circuit Court.
- Acting for a business in the construction industry in a work health and safety prosecution in the District Court of NSW.
- Acting for a business in the energy industry in the Federal Court of Australia in relation to a protracted and complex dispute as to whether a person was a contractor or employee to the business.
- Acting for a business in the road line-marking industry in a work health and safety prosecution in the Local Court of NSW regarding a serious injury to a worker.
- Representing a youth community organisation in a complex general protections claim commenced by an executive member. Liam successfully negotiated an early settlement to resolve the claim, preventing the matter from proceeding to trial.
- Representing a construction business in a work health and safety investigation following a serious injury to a young worker.
- Inquiries, Investigations and Prosecutions
- Sexual Harassment, Bullying and Discrimination
- Unfair Dismissals and General Protections Claims
- Work Health and Safety
- Workplace Investigations
- Construction and Infrastructure
- Manufacturing and Consumer Goods
- Professions and Business Services
- Retail and Labour Hire
- Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
- Transport
- Law Society of New South Wales (NSW Young Lawyers Workplace and Safety Law Committee Member)