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Winnie Liu

Winnie Liu

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Years at the bar
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Practice areas

Professional Summary

Winnie practises widely in commercial and public law. In commercial law, her practice ranges from significant and complex commercial disputes and class actions to discrete, technically complex, first instance and appellate matters. Winnie’s public law practice comprises judicial review proceedings, regulatory proceedings, proceeds of crime matters and commissions of inquiry. Winnie appears regularly in intermediate appellate courts throughout Australia, as well as in the Federal Court, NSW Supreme Court, lower courts and tribunals, both led and unled. Prior to coming to the Bar, Winnie was a solicitor at Herbert Smith Freehills, and served as Tipstaff and Associate to the Honourable Justice Leeming of the New South Wales Court of Appeal. Winnie graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Arts (Hons 1) in Ancient History and Media and Communications, and a Juris Doctor. She has received a number of academic prizes and scholarships. Winnie is the recipient of the 2021 Katrina Dawson Award which encourages women to practise at the NSW Bar.

Practice Areas

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Cases

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  • Appellate matters Towney v R[2025] NSWCCA 166
  • KP v Minister for Mental Health[2025] NSWCCA 69
  • AW v R[2025] NSWCCA 47
  • Bugmy v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW)[2023] NSWSC 863
  • Odtojan v Condon[2023] NSWCA 129
  • Beckett v Tax Practitioners Board[2022] FCA 930
  • State of New South Wales v Skinner[2022] NSWCA 9
  • Ming v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) (2022) 109 NSWLR 604[2022] NSWCA 209
  • New South Wales Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police v Xin & Ors (2023/3225)

  • Tara Global Pty Ltd v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy & Ors (2023/263865)

  • Application of Murray Irrigation Ltd[2024] NSWSC 186
  • Tsai v Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd (NSW)[2023] NSWSC 604
  • Zahed v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW)[2023] NSWSC 368
  • Federal Court of Australia CEO of AUSTRAC v Mt Pritchard & District Community Club Ltd (NSD1310/2025)

  • Otto Dann & Anor v Chief Executive Officer (Housing) (NTD 24/2022)

  • Epic Games, Inc v Google LLC[2025] FCA 901
  • Karpic v Carnival plc (The Ruby Princess) (Initial Trial)[2023] FCA 1280
  • CEO of AUSTRAC v Crown Melbourne Ltd (NSD 134/2022); CEO of AUSTRAC v SkyCity Adelaide Pty

  • Supreme Court of Queensland Johnston & Ors v Carroll (Commissioner of the Queensland Police Service)[2024] QSC 2
  • New South Wales Electoral Commission v Chiming Shea (2023/242629)

Admissions

  • 2021Admitted as legal practitioner

Documents

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