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Biography

Dr Peter Cashman is a practising barrister in Sydney, Australia. He was formerly Professor of Law (Social Justice) at the University of Sydney. He is presently Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of New South Wales. He has served as Commissioner in charge of the civil justice review with the Victorian Law Reform Commission; Commissioner jointly in charge (with Justice John Basten) of the reference on class actions with the Australian Law Reform Commission; founding Director of the Public Interest Advocacy Centre; founder and senior partner of the firm Cashman & Partners which merged with the Melbourne firm Maurice Blackburn & Co to form the national firm Maurice Blackburn Cashman (now Maurice Blackburn Pty Ltd); Governor of the American Trial Lawyers’ Association (now the American Association for Justice) and National President of the Australian Plaintiff Lawyers’ Association (now the Australian Lawyers Alliance). He has practised law in the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia and is the author of numerous publications, including Class Action Law & Practice, The Federation Press (2007). He is and has been the lead counsel acting for the applicants/plaintiffs in many major Australian class actions.