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Liam Cavell

Liam Cavell

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Years at the bar
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Practice areas

Professional Summary

Liam primarily practices across commercial, common law, property and criminal matters. Prior to coming to the Bar, he was a Senior Associate at Arnold Bloch Leibler where he represented and advised companies and individuals with respect to commercial disputes, white collar criminal matters, and internal investigations. Before joining Arnold Bloch Leibler, Liam was a Senior Federal Prosecutor at the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions. In this role, Liam prosecuted tax, social security, financial services and electoral offences. Liam also previously worked as a solicitor at Herbert Smith Freehills and was Associate to Judge Flannery SC in the District Court of NSW. Liam is regularly briefed in a range of commercial disputes whilst also maintaining a broad practice that includes corporate, common law, strata, building and construction, property, taxation, bankruptcy, environment and planning, employment, criminal matters (with a focus on fraud, commercial crime, environmental offences and WHS contraventions) and sporting code of conduct matters. He has appeared before the Local, District and Supreme Courts of NSW, the NSW Court of Appeal, the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia, the Federal Court of Australia, the ACT Supreme Court, and various tribunals. Liam has been recognised in the 2025 and 2026 editions of Best Lawyers in Australia for litigation.

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Cases

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  • Crimston and Anor v Dr Naomi Pty Ltd (NSW District Court 2021/00172553)

  • South32 Aluminium (RAA) Pty Ltd and Ors v Siemens Ltd (Federal Court QUD 150 of 2021)

  • Frank Small Nominees Pty Ltd v MCXKL Pty Ltd and Anor[2025] NSWSC 1479

  • Gispac Pty Ltd v Michael Hill Jeweller (Australia) Pty Ltd (NSW Supreme Court 2019/00187098)

  • Leasewise Australia Pty Ltd v Dynamic Trans Pty Ltd and Anor (NSW District Court 2024/00232774)

  • BM Sydney Building Materials Pty Ltd v W&Y Commercial Services Pty Ltd and Anor (NSW Local Court 2024/00129944)

  • Fusion People Pty Ltd v Genesis Holding Corporation Pty Ltd t/as Genesis Plumbing (NSW Local Court 2024/00253637)

  • DBC Investment Group Pty Ltd and Anor v Reward Homes Pty Ltd and Anor (NSW Supreme Court 2021/00112325)

  • Kay v Dryden (ACT Magistrates Court CS 132/2023)

  • Athanasios v Mycolab Pty Ltd and Anor (NSW Supreme Court 2023/00338187)

  • Gladman v Burrell (NSW Local Court 2023/00043627)

  • Gan v Xie[2023] NSWCA 163

  • Maison Global Property Pty Ltd v CHP Asset Management Pty Limited and Ors (NSW District Court 2021/00140959)

  • Villefranche Investments Pty Ltd ATF the Gates Family Trust and Ors v ASP Aluminium Holdings Pty Ltd and Ors (NSW Supreme Court 2023/00333788)

  • Xu v Jones and Anor (Federal Court NSD 1546/2025)

  • Nepean River Dairy Pty Ltd v Origin Energy Electricity Limited; Nepean River Dairy Pty Ltd v Origin Energy LPG Limited (NSW Supreme Court 2023/00461621; 2023/00461622)

  • Senatore v Andriolo and Anor[2022] ACTSC 285

  • Barnes v Addy

  • Erector Group Consolidated v Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (NSW Branch)

  • Carrick v Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District (NSW District Court 2025/00066645)

  • West v State of NSW (NSW Supreme Court 2023/00043917)

  • Raad and Ors v The Cosmetic Institute Pty Ltd (in Liq) and Ors (NSW Supreme Court 2017/279308)

  • El-Saeidy v Edwards and State of NSW (NSW Local Court 2023/00173916)

  • Reddy v State of NSW; Tan v State of NSW (NSW District Court 2016/00124795; 2017/00372602)

  • Barker v Scout Association of Australia NSW Branch (NSW Court of Appeal 2023/00152725)

  • Dormand v Raymond (NSW District Court 2022/00337290)

  • Hay v Hunter New England Local Health District (NSW District Court 2022/00088199)

  • Thompson v Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NSW District Court 2022/00017334)

  • – unled Xu v Johns (NSW District Court 2024/00025514)

  • Gu and Ors v The Owners

  • Karageorge v Prapas (NSW Local Court 2023/00461702)

  • LCT-MRE Nominees Pty Ltd and Anor v Thiess Pty Ltd and Ors; Theiss Pty Ltd and Anor v WSP Australia Pty Ltd and Ors (NSW Supreme Court 2017/00077595)

  • Xie and Ors v The Owners

  • Pickering v The Owners

  • Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation. www.newchambers.com.au/ 4 Fred Abboud Enterprises Pty Ltd v Portelli (NSW Supreme Court 2022/00284670)

  • Nazero One Pty Ltd v L & C's Foundation Pty Ltd (NSW Supreme Court 2022/00345237)

  • Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW) Garde v Ee and Anor (NSW Local Court 2021/00270215)

  • Seaback Pty Ltd v Al-lbraheem (Arbitration, 2022)

Admissions

  • 2021Admitted as legal practitioner

Documents

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