Peter Cashman

Dr Peter Cashman is a barrister at Third Floor Wentworth Chambers in Sydney and Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of New South Wales. He was formerly: Professor of Law (Social Justice) at the University of Sydney; 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).

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Dr Cashman was selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in Australia (in the 2019 to 2024 editions) in the field of Class Action Litigation.

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Dr Cashman holds a degree in law and a diploma in criminology from the University of Melbourne and a Master of Laws degree and a PhD from the University of London. He has practised law in the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia and is the author of numerous publications, including Class Action Law and Practice (The Federation Press, 2007).