Bridging Frontline HR and Health and Safety Experience with Australian Legal Proceedings
Liam is an admitted lawyer of the State and Commonwealth Courts with over 20 years’ experience in international and group HSE, QA and HR leadership roles within ASX 300 organisations.
Practising out of Panetta McGrath Lawyers, Liam represents clients and accepts instructions across all Australian jurisdictions.
Areas of Practice
Work Health and Safety
▶️ Advice on the duties for PCBU’s, officers and workers of varying legislative instruments, including Work Health and Safety, Dangerous Goods, Electricity, Environmental Protection, Fatal Accidents and Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage
▶️ Advice and representation during Comcare, DWER, Energy Safety, NOPSEMA and WorkSafe Investigation proceedings
▶️ Advice and representation for fatalities, industrial manslaughter, psychosocial, serious injury/illness, dangerous/notifiable/serious incidents and failure to comply with civil/criminal duty offences (Category 1, 2 and/or 3)
▶️ Assistance with enforceable undertakings
▶️ Conducting independent investigations (5 Whys, ICAM, TapRooT)
▶️ Contractor risk management strategies
▶️ Court and tribunal representation for breaches of environmental and work health and safety duties
▶️ Establishing and guiding International Standards Organization (ISO 45001, 14001, 9001), Federal Safety Commissioner Scheme, Industrial Rope Access Trade Association ('IRATA') International and National Association of Testing Authorities (ISO/IEC 17025) certification
▶️ Psychosocial risk auditing and compliance
▶️ Representation in administrative review proceedings before the WHS Tribunal
▶️ Responding to Improvement, Non-Disturbance and Prohibition Notices
▶️ Tailored training packages
▶️ Technical writing of policies, management plans, procedures and safe work method statements
Employment, Industrial and Workplace Relations
▶️ Advice and representation for unfair dismissal and general protections claims
▶️ Court and tribunal representation for breaches of employment and industrial relations duties
▶️ Conducting workplace investigations
▶️ Employment and industrial relations advice for transfers of business, mergers and corporate restructures
▶️ Employment law and industrial relations advice
▶️ Interpretation and auditing of Modern Awards
▶️ Representation within the Fair Work Commission, Federal Court, Federal Circuit Court, Industrial Relations Commission, Industrial Relations Magistrates Court, State Administrative Tribunal and varying anti-discrimination tribunals
▶️ Tailored training packages